RootData Research Report: Data Transparency Has Become the Core Competitiveness of Listing on Exchanges by 2026

Web3 asset data platform RootData released the “2026 Cryptocurrency Exchange Listing Decision Questionnaire Research Report”, which collected 313 valid responses. The respondents mainly included exchange Listing BDs, researchers, and listing committee members, with over 69% directly involved in decision-making.

• About 50% of respondents evaluate more than 50 projects annually, facing serious information overload issues.
• Over 30% of respondents indicated that data lag could lead to decision-making errors or implicit deductions, with project information transparency becoming a core obstacle affecting listing efficiency.
• 50% stated that lack of transparency triggers defensive due diligence, prolonging review times, and even 16.7% would directly stop the review or reject the listing.
• 88.9% of respondents need to cross-verify data across multiple platforms.

The report emphasizes that the credit foundation of Web3 projects includes institutional investors, valuation, teams, and roadmaps, requiring third-party platforms to prevent fraud. 91.4% of respondents believe that platforms like RootData, which provide detailed information, can improve listing efficiency by at least 30%.

Additionally, over 80.6% agree that data platforms are crucial for decision-making, as opaque information not only hinders project capitalization progress but also undermines overall industry trust. The report also calls on project parties to enhance their information disclosure levels and utilize tools like RootData to build a credit system to accelerate the listing process.