Can you guys recommend any other option?

There's someone messaging all the users on telegram, calling it a scam company and it's hurting our funding.

I don't want to do KYC at all, I love the privacy and anonymity of blockchain/cryptos, but I don't see any other option.

Maybe a few moderators for the telegram chat in my absence and they earn a nice bounty.

Also an update - we have spoken to etherdelta and we will be hopefully getting our coin listed on that exchange as soon as the audits are over.