Re: ongoing fees -- I had no idea. That's news to me. The politics around exchange listings felt pretty scummy already, but that adds a new angle. It's such an obvious quid quo pro, and major exchange de-listing can really cripple a coin, so it's basically extortion to some degree.
I wonder what the landscape would look like if this wasn't a thing.
The exchanges are still in cash-grab mode. They know that altcoin trading will move predominantly to decentralized platforms.
It's time for professional stock exchanges to get involved in this market -- current exchanges are shit and incompetent.
All in time. I think Circle's acquisition of Poloniex is the first major step in that direction.