Exchange Tokens: A Growing Trend in Crypto

[Darkmode]

 Exchange tokens have become a fascinating part of the crypto space. Tokens like BNB, KCS, OKB, and others have gained attention for their utility and strong community presence. These tokens often provide benefits like discounted fees, staking rewards, and exclusive access to platform features.

What’s even more intriguing is how some of these tokens continue to grow in value as exchanges expand their ecosystems and user bases. It’s not just about holding the token but also being part of a community that shares insights and supports growth.

What’s your take on exchange tokens? Do they represent the future of crypto utilities, or are they just another passing trend? Let’s discuss!

[Charles-Tim]

What’s your take on exchange tokens? Do they represent the future of crypto utilities, or are they just another passing trend? Let’s discuss!

Exchanges tokens are not new trends. They were new trends some years ago when those exchanges were creating the tokens. But they are almost all not new again.

About their utilities, what makes you think they have use? They are not really useful outside the exchange they are created.

[Darkmode]

You’re absolutely right—exchange tokens aren’t new anymore, but their relevance seems to persist. While most utilities are tied to their platforms, that dependency can be their strength. They create ecosystems where users benefit directly through discounts, staking, or early access. The bigger question, though, is whether these tokens can evolve to offer value beyond their exchanges. What do you think—should they aim for broader utility or stick to strengthening their ecosystems?

[Charles-Tim]

The bigger question, though, is whether these tokens can evolve to offer value beyond their exchanges. What do you think—should they aim for broader utility or stick to strengthening their ecosystems?

Maybe or maybe not. I do not know. The only coin that we are all certain of that will have more utilities is bitcoin among the unstable coins. If there is bitcoin, I do not have any reason to be bothered of having any it her coins. I can only have altcoins in short term. I do not see the benefits of the tokens to be beyond the exchanges that created them.

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BNB is more than just an exchange token because it's also a L1 and have large community being binance the most popular exchange.

There are other exchange tokens than what's mentioned but unknown to some of us here.If all exchange tokens are going to reach it's ATH this bull market, I would be profitting more also since I have tokens of Dex. The token hit $0.34 in the last bullrun, I'd be expecting a growth too.

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There are exchanges tokens in their numbers and we are seing them on several occasions serving a prominent investment to take all because they are being introduced by an exchange we are using, but that doesn't guarantee the authentic performance of such token, we may have to run some checks underground in knowing the exchange and it's tokens in details before going for them, because they all can't be the same.

[MrSpasybo]

There are exchanges tokens in their numbers and we are seing them on several occasions serving a prominent investment to take all because they are being introduced by an exchange we are using, but that doesn't guarantee the authentic performance of such token, we may have to run some checks underground in knowing the exchange and it's tokens in details before going for them, because they all can't be the same.

Most CEXs have their own tokens: BNB, HT, KCS, GT, LA, IDEX..., and even DEXs have their own tokens: UNI, CAKE, BAKE, QUICK, JOE... The goal of these tokens is to provide users with exclusive benefits, making them more attached to that platform, so this is completely normal and reasonable.

Some CEX tokens are supported by their own blockchain platform but only a few are successful, such as Binance's BNB. Investors should carefully research the information about the token and CEX on Coinmarketcap to select the most potential CEX tokens.

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Most CEXs have their own tokens: BNB, HT, KCS, GT, LA, IDEX..., and even DEXs have their own tokens: UNI, CAKE, BAKE, QUICK, JOE... The goal of these tokens is to provide users with exclusive benefits, making them more attached to that platform, so this is completely normal and reasonable.

You did not mention that the exchanges uses it to attract their users to buy so that the price can increase and the exchange will make profit as they have the larger share of the coins.

Some CEX tokens are supported by their own blockchain platform but only a few are successful, such as Binance's BNB. Investors should carefully research the information about the token and CEX on Coinmarketcap to select the most potential CEX tokens.

I think most centralized exchanges tokens will have their own blockchains while those that you called DEX will rely on other blockchain just as Uni rely on ethereum blockchain and Pancakeswap replies on BNB blockchain.

[robelneo]

What’s your take on exchange tokens? Do they represent the future of crypto utilities, or are they just another passing trend? Let’s discuss!

They are not trends; they have a stable position in the market. Binance and Kucoin launched their tokens 6 or 7 years ago, and many exchanges follow their lead. The profitability depends so much on the popularity of the exchanges; Kucoin and BNB and all the other exchange tokens are still worth including in one's portfolio; for me, they are better than memes.

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What’s your take on exchange tokens? Do they represent the future of crypto utilities, or are they just another passing trend? Let’s discuss!

Before we can even talk more on the exchange token, we may also have to first consider the exchange itself, how reputed and functional has it been, how recognized wss it and ranked among others before going to how its token could perform in the crypto market, we cannot just make an investment in them without having some facts standing as the reason why we should go for them or not to.

[bayu7adi]

Before we can even talk more on the exchange token, we may also have to first consider the exchange itself, how reputed and functional has it been, how recognized wss it and ranked among others before going to how its token could perform in the crypto market, we cannot just make an investment in them without having some facts standing as the reason why we should go for them or not to.

That's right, especially Binance with its BNB, it certainly has a better influence than exchange tokens with low popularity... we see that in this bullish period BNB has reached its ATH on December 5, 2024... but Binance's position had to go down because XRP and SOL turned out to be crazier and were able to occupy the third and fourth positions in cmc...

Even so, Binance's reputation and its entire ecosystem are still good to this day, even though it is known for the centralization of the binance ecosystem, I still believe enough because in the cryptocurrency exchange sector, Bianance is still leading.

[MrSpasybo]

You did not mention that the exchanges uses it to attract their users to buy so that the price can increase and the exchange will make profit as they have the larger share of the coins.

I think most centralized exchanges tokens will have their own blockchains while those that you called DEX will rely on other blockchain just as Uni rely on ethereum blockchain and Pancakeswap replies on BNB blockchain.

Well, typically, CEXs and DEXs create tokens to retain users with unique benefits on their platforms. And of course, they want users to buy and hold these tokens so that they don't depreciate and become junk tokens in the market, however, I don't think that's the main purpose. CEXs/DEXs generate revenue from user fees, not from the appreciation of the tokens they issue themselves.

We've seen a trend of CEX-based blockchains: Binance has BSC, Huobi has Heco, Kucoin has Kuchain, OKX has OKchain, Coinbase has Base... That's completely normal because creating a new blockchain has become very easy. As for DEXs, they're just a Dapp on a blockchain, they don't need to create a new ecosystem.

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Not all the exchanges tokens are worth of our investments, we may have to consider the exchange itself before then going for its token when we are then satisfied by every information piece received by us, there are many criteria to use in determining for the exchange tokens we are going to use, because this will as well ultimately determine on the performance they are going to make after being launched.

[Stuart]

Exchange tokens have become a fascinating part of the crypto space. Tokens like BNB, KCS, OKB, and others have gained attention for their utility and strong community presence. These tokens often provide benefits like discounted fees, staking rewards, and exclusive access to platform features.

What’s even more intriguing is how some of these tokens continue to grow in value as exchanges expand their ecosystems and user bases. It’s not just about holding the token but also being part of a community that shares insights and supports growth.

What’s your take on exchange tokens? Do they represent the future of crypto utilities, or are they just another passing trend? Let’s discuss!

It is fascinating to see exchange tokens gain more values on daily basis as the exchange grows. The more use and mass adoption of exchanges that has a native coin, the more the value of those tokens increase, mostly when staking and farming is included. All these are ways of keeping the value of the tokens.

I don't really think it has a trend. The tokens Outside the use of their exchanges, they have no much utility and their future probably lies with their exchange platforms. They exist in the presence of their exchange, which means their value is only seen when they are used in the exchange that owns them. The good thing about exchange native tokens is in their transaction fees and some incentives available while using it on the exchange.

[yhiaali3]

The good thing about exchange native tokens is in their transaction fees and some incentives available while using it on the exchange.

Yes, this is the only good thing about native exchange tokens, other than that, they are not good at all and it is better not to hold them in the long run.

I personally do not trust native exchange tokens, even those of large platforms like BNB Binance token, because they are completely centralized and there is no transparency in the size of the real reserves backed by them, as all this data can be manipulated by the exchanges.