^this.  Also, while some of the smaller exchanges have impressive volume (yobit), this is largely due to fake volume. Which while attractive to traders, isn't indicative of a large an interested userbase, which is what I believe the goal of getting XEL on an exchange is. Actual additional fundamental investors in the project.  And yes, as stated Poloniex would be optimal, but good luck with that.

As far as I know Bittrex does not take a "bribe" to add a coin. They do, however, sometimes charge a fee for legal costs if they think the coin could have regulatory issues. One of main flags for this is are coins with a focus on gambling (since Bittrex is licensed in the USA), or ICOs that were funded elsewhere, as they wish to ensure the coin isn't a security, et cetera. Anyway, not fan boying for any one exchange, Just pointing out some options the community and community leaders could pursue, and noting that some of the exchange addition requests have to be led by a community leader/dev. 

Regardless, while I think getting on an exchange eventually will help grow and strengthen our community, it is nice to see the devs focused on the actual programming work at hand.