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Quick Take
  • Binance applied its Monitoring Tag to AVA (AVA), Gains Network (GNS), Scroll (SCR), and Towns Protocol (TOWNS) on September 4.
  • The label places all four tokens under closer review.
  • All four tokens dropped following the announcement.
  • Binance uses the tag to flag assets that are more volatile and riskier than the rest of its listings.

What Happened

Traders reacted quickly. All four tokens dropped following the announcement.

The market priced that history in almost immediately. TOWNS slid 9.02% in the minutes after the announcement. SCR traded near $0.0214 after the notice, down 7.5%, with about $1.6 million in trading volume on Binance.

Market Context

Binance weighs team commitment, development activity, trading volume, liquidity, network stability, and tokenomics changes during each review.

The pattern repeated weeks later. Binance removed ICON (ICX), Secret (SCRT), and Storj (STORJ) from spot trading on September 3. All three had received the tag first, ICX as recently as August 11.

Why It Matters

Binance uses the tag to flag assets that are more volatile and riskier than the rest of its listings. Tagged tokens face repeat reviews and can lose their listing entirely.

“Keep in mind that tokens with the Monitoring Tag are at risk of no longer meeting our listing criteria and being delisted from the platform,” the team said.

The tag does not commit Binance to a delisting. However, the last few removal rounds drew from the tagged list, raising risks.

The post Binance Adds Monitoring Tag to 4 Tokens, Signaling Delisting Risk appeared first on BeInCrypto.

Details

Binance applied its Monitoring Tag to AVA (AVA), Gains Network (GNS), Scroll (SCR), and Towns Protocol (TOWNS) on September 4. The label places all four tokens under closer review.

What Does the Binance Monitoring Tag Mean?

The recent record gives the label weight. Binance delisted Across Protocol (ACX), Hashflow (HFT), PIVX, Vulcan Forged PYR (PYR), Vanar (VANRY), and Viction (VIC) last month, and all had been tagged earlier.

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Scroll and Towns Protocol Lead the Selloff

AVA dropped 4.88%. GNS managed to recover some of its losses and was down 0.38% at press time. Binance said other services tied to the four tokens remain unaffected.

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