Listing on poloniex might result in some pump action short term, but it doesn't make the real value of the project and long term price prediction any different. People act like the goal of every project is to get on as many exchanges as possible, bittrex is perfectly fine to trade on.
Agreed. Though we should be actively trying to decrease barriers to entry obviously, not in a "we want pumps!" Way but in a logical way to open up verge to be accessible to new demands (shifting demand curve itself). This includes being listed on more exchanges, shapeshift, popular multicoin wallets like Exodus and Jaxx, merchant adoption (clear and black markets), and of course continuing progress (which Devs are doing a fantastic job) as well as just overall getting the word out via Twitter, forums, other slack channels, word of mouth (just got another friend invested yesterday, he's very happy to see 25% overnight haha)
I think this falls on US the users. I hit up shapeshift and poloniex often to add verge. With shapeshift we can get multicoin wallets that use integrated Shapeshift (they won't add coins not supported) in order to try and support verge. We are essentiallya free marketing team, our payment is determined by the success of Verge.
Great analysis btw
Edit: not sure how new coins are supported on Ledger Nano S but that would be great too, I know Komodo has a developer version available that isn't seen unless you tweak the settings in ledger. Not sure if we need to contact ledger or if it's an open development option?