ChainCatcher message, Binance today disclosed part of the "listing agent" blacklist, including BitABC, Central Research, May / Dannie, Andrew Lee, Suki Yang, Fiona Lee, and Kenny Z. Binance stated that this list is not exhaustive, and do not trust any "listing agents." The information related to the above individuals or entities obtained from public channels is as follows:
BitABC is a cryptocurrency consulting, incubation, and project acceleration company that primarily provides project promotion, community building, liquidity incentives, market consulting, and other services, claiming to help crypto projects gain exposure and growth in the early stages on trading platforms.
May / Dannie are the previously disclosed improper market makers and partners of Binance's Web3Port, with key figure May Liu and her team establishing a 'broker line to Binance', from Spark Digital Capital to Web3Port, and then to Whisper. Spark operates under a VC name, actually managing market outsourcing + FA business, relying on VC investments in projects to obtain free tokens. After industry competition in 2021 and 2022, project parties are unwilling to provide tokens for free anymore, so Spark shifted to an incubator model, establishing Web3Port, providing project packaging and VC connections in exchange for 1-3% token shares.
Suki Yang is a crypto quantitative trader and investor, a former member of Pantera Capital, who has worked at multiple crypto platforms (such as CertiK, Hyype, etc.), and also founded the Solana chain meme launcher Lmao.fun.
Andrew Lee is a professional in the crypto industry, who has participated in several blockchain projects (such as Handshake, Purse.io, etc.), possibly involved in project promotion or as an intermediary.
Fiona Lee and Kenny Z have limited public information, suspected to be personal project consultants or intermediaries, or engaged in coin listing coordination or project liaison.
Central Research may be a crypto research or consulting institution with few details publicly available.
