Tron’s founder, Justin Sun, has joined the listing fee war between crypto exchanges, Coinbase and Binance. Sun revealed that Coinbase had asked for 500 million TRX (worth $80 million) and a $250 million deposit in Bitcoin in Coinbase Custody for listing. Binance, on the other hand, did not charge a listing fee.
This sparked a debate on Twitter, with some supporting Coinbase’s stance on listing fees and others pointing out that Binance did not charge listing fees either. In this article, we discuss the controversy surrounding listing fees for crypto exchanges and the opinions of industry professionals on the issue.