Binance Listing Fee Fight: What's a Fair Price to List on the Top Crypto Exchange? - Ep. 925 from Unchained

Binance Listing Fee Fight: What's a Fair Price to List on the Top Crypto Exchange? - Ep. 925

1 hour 4 minutes Posted Oct 17, 2025 at 1:00 pm.

Introduction

Why CJ decided to reveal Binance’s alleged listing terms

Why he built Limitless on Base

Whether Base coordinated with CJ before he went public

How the crypto world reacted to CJ’s viral tweet

Whether Binance exploits projects and founders

How short-term founders dump on retail investors, per CJ

Binance’s response—and why they called CJ’s claims false

Why CJ and Nick say Binance needs far more transparency

Whether CJ fears retaliation for calling out the world’s biggest exchange

Why he doesn’t buy Binance’s claim that its policies “protect users”

Why Nick is urging crypto founders and users to “believe in something”

CJ’s plan to build an “army of token holders” and make Limitless succeed

Inside Limitless’s community token sale

What Nick learned from Polymarket’s rise as an early investor

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When CJ Hetherington revealed the token listing terms Binance allegedly offered his startup, the crypto world exploded.

In this episode, CJ, founder of prediction market app Limitless, and his investor Nick Tomaino of 1confirmation join Laura to discuss why he went public, how Binance responded, and what the incident reveals about the power dynamics between exchanges and builders.

The conversation tackles how retail gets dumped on, why transparency is the next frontier for crypto, and why both guests agree that the “revolution won’t be centralized.”

Guests:

CJ Hetherington, CEO/CO-Founder at Limitless Labs

Nick Tomaino, Founder and General Partner at 1confirmation

Links:

CJ’s tweet

Unchained:

Coinbase Adds Rival Binance’s BNB to Listing Roadmap

Binance Claims It Does Not Profit From Token Listings

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