Binance has just announced the first batch of projects on Binance Alpha, its "incubator" platform for potential tokens. Could this be an opportunity for these tokens to increase in value?
At 5:00 PM on December 18, Binance announced the first projects featured on Binance Alpha, a tool designed to "incubate" tokens before they are considered for official listing on the Binance exchange. The projects listed on Binance Alpha include:
KOMA: An animal-themed token on the BNB Chain.
Cheems: A Shiba Inu-themed memecoin on the BNB Chain.
APX: A derivatives DEX platform.
ai16z: An AI-driven investment DAO.
AIXBT: An AI platform that analyzes discussions on Crypto Twitter (CT) to identify investment opportunities.
According to statistics, most tokens on the list experienced a flash pump — a sharp price increase of 10% to 30% — shortly after the announcement, followed by a quick decline. Currently, the average price increase for these tokens is approximately 5%.
The price of the AIXBT token at the time of writing. Source: DexScreener
A notable exception is ai16z, which has seen a more gradual and stable price increase, rising from 0.7 to 0.85 — a 17% gain — and continues to show an upward trend.
The price of the ai16z token at the time of writing. Source: DexScreener.
Binance Alpha is expected to bring transparency to the process of listing new tokens, providing users with a clearer perspective on promising projects.
The second batch of projects will be announced by Binance at 7:00 PM today (December 18), featuring five projects, including three on the BNB Chain, one on Solana, and one on Base.
In a related development, before the official token listings on Binance Alpha were announced, the exchange faced some controversy due to misinformation about the listed tokens.
Detailed sequence of events:
A Telegram account, believed to be associated with Binance, posted a list of "tokens monitored by Binance Alpha," which included WiseMonkey (MONKY), Happy Cat (HAPPY), Rifampicin (RIF), Zircuit (ZRC), and ai16zeliza (ELIZA).
Many major media outlets quickly reported on this list, causing the prices of these tokens to surge significantly.
Shortly afterward, Binance representatives clarified that the information was false, leading to an immediate and sharp decline in the tokens' prices.
Notably, the misleading Telegram account was actually managed by the official Binance Wallet team (binance_web3_wallet_community).
Ultimately, Binance confirmed that this was an error related to the Telegram group's posting.
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Information circulating about the tokens that will appear on Binance Alpha. Source: Telegram.
According to Colin Wu, a cryptocurrency analyst, the confusion was caused because the official Twitter account of Binance Chinese Gold V shared information along with a link leading to an incorrect Telegram group. It is likely that the staff managing this account accidentally shared the wrong link.
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The Telegram channel "binance_web3_wallet-community" currently has no posts, and the channel was recreated earlier today. This suggests that the previous posts, including the misleading token list, may have been deleted.
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