For investors, the most important thing is that the project continues to develop further, so that the price of tokens increases in the future.
Now many projects start listing from DeFi exchanges, and not all DeFi exchanges are represented on coinmarketcap, and not all projects are listed on coinmarketcap.
Listing on DeFi exchanges is either free or costs little money. Therefore, it is very important for developing projects to enter the exchanges that are available to them and do not require large financial investments.