Recently, the token listing paths of several projects have been quite interesting. $STRK entered the Solana ecosystem via Near, and $LIT completed cross-chain deployment with Sunrise. Previously, $MON also launched on Solana using a similar approach.

This reflects a phenomenon: project teams are considering listing costs. Some analysts suggest that in the future, a scenario may emerge—if certain exchanges charge excessively high listing fees or require too much equity, project teams can choose to first launch on a public chain with a large user base, and then build momentum and trading volume through on-chain liquidity and DEX trading.

In simple terms, listing is about gaining users and trading volume, and sometimes involves cashing out. But if an exchange's "listing tax" becomes too outrageous, projects have alternative options. In the era of multi-chain competition, flexibility has become a new bargaining chip.