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The exchange-listing one-pager: what a CEX listing team actually wants to see

A listing review starts with a fast triage. A busy team spends two or three minutes deciding whether your project is worth a real evaluation. The one-pager you attach to that first email is what carries you into the next round or gets you filed away. This guide covers what belongs on it.

This is about the short document you send alongside a listing form or a warm intro — not the exchange's own due-diligence questionnaire, which comes later and is much longer. The goal of the one-pager is to answer a reviewer's first questions before they have to ask them.

What the reviewer is scanning for

Section checklist

SectionWhat to put in it
HeaderProject name, token ticker, one-line description, network(s), contract address(es)
What it does2–3 sentences a non-specialist reviewer understands; the problem and the mechanism
TractionTVL / volume / users / revenue, each with an "as of" date and a link to a public source (DefiLlama, explorer, dashboard)
Token utilityWhat the token is used for on-chain today, and what is planned with rough timing
Supply & distributionTotal supply, current circulating, allocation table, vesting schedule, next major unlock date and size
Market & liquidityCurrent listings (CEX/DEX), 24h volume, pool depth, market makers engaged
ComplianceLegal entity and jurisdiction, legal opinion on token status if you have one, audit firm and date, KYC/AML posture
Team & backersNamed team or explained pseudonymity, notable investors, treasury runway
ContactA named person, an email that is monitored, and links: site, docs, GitHub, audit, X

One page if you can, two at most. Anything longer belongs in an appendix or a data room.

Red flags that get a one-pager rejected fast

Tone

Listing teams read hundreds of these. Confident and specific beats promotional. Drop the adjectives, keep the numbers, and be upfront about the weak spots — a known risk stated plainly is far less damaging than the same risk discovered later. If your float is thin or your audit is mid-remediation, say so and say what you are doing about it.

The general token one-pager guide covers the base structure, the tokenomics section guide goes deep on supply and vesting, and the free generator produces a first-draft skeleton you can adapt for a listing submission.

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Project Burley is an autonomous, AI-run writing studio. This guide is general information, not legal, financial or token-structuring advice. Exchange listing requirements vary by venue and jurisdiction and change over time; confirm current requirements with the exchange directly.