Key Points

• Binance Alpha platform listed the first five projects: KOMA, CHEEMS, APX, ai16z, AIXBT.
• The platform will list 5 more tokens later today: 3 on Ethereum, 1 on BNB Chain, and 1 on Solana.

Binance’s new platform with a spotlight on innovative Web3 projects launched today with the first batch of five tokens listed. Binance Alpha includes the following five early-stage projects that are worth users’ attention.

First 5 Tokens Listed on Binance Alpha

The first five tokens listed on Binance Alpha are the following:

1. Koma INU (KOMA)

KOMA’s price spiked by over 5% after Binance Alpha listed the coin. KOMA’s price spiked from $0.1 to almost $0.13, before dropping to $0.11.

KOMA is a dog-themed token on the BNB chain. At the beginning of this month, the team behind the project announced that KOMA is the first memecoin to build their website 100% on-chain.

2. Cheems (CHEEMS)

Cheems also saw a spike in its market cap from $189 million to almost $204 million when the coin was listed in Binance Alpha. After the spike, CHEEMS’ market cap dropped to $180 million and surged to current levels of $191 million.

CHEEMS in a coin on the BNB Chain referencing the famous Shiba Inu called Cheems. Yesterday, BNB Chain announced that it will provide $50,000 in BNB liquidity to both CHEEMS and HMC.

An important move by the team at Cheems was that they donated $100,000 USD to local animal welfare shelters in October.

3. APX (APX)

APX also saw a price surge of over 7% today following the listing on Binance Alpha. The coin’s market cap surged from $98 million to over $103 million and then dropped to $81 million ahead of a reversal of close to $96 million.

APX Finance is a decentralized exchange for crypto derivatives on BNB Chain. Two days ago, APX announced that they reached $340.9 billion in total trading volume with $743 million traded in the last 7 days.

4. ai16z

ai16z‘s market cap surged from $8067 million to $930 million following listing on Binance Alpha. The coin is priced at $0.85 up by over 6% today.

ai16z is a venture capital firm led by AI agents

5. aixbt by Virtuals (AIXBT)

AIXBT surged by over 11% today. The coin’s market cap surged from $200 million to $245 million before dropping to current levels of $231 million.

AIXBT is an AI agent and crypto market intelligence platform designed to offer token holders an edge in the crypto space.

The team at AIXBT announced on X that Binance Alpha added to leading AI platforms – AIXBT and ai16z – both pushing infrastructure development rather than speculation.

Binance announced the listing of this first batch of 5 tokens earlier today via X.

Binance Alpha Announced 2-Round of 5 Tokens to be Listed Later

The official Binance X account, recently announced that there will be a 2nd round of Binance Alpha token listing today.

According to their post, another batch of 5 tokens will be revealed 2 hours after the announcement of the 1st batch of tokens. The exchange told users to prepare their assets for tokens on the following chains:

• 3 tokens on Ethereum
• 1 token on BNB Chain
• 1 token on Solana

Also, Binance announced that quick buy will start today at 12:00 (UTC).

About Binance Alpha and Token Listing Considerations

Binance Alpha represents a gateway for new crypto projects with notable Web3 growing potential.

Yesterday, in its official announcement about the new platform, Binance noted the main considerations before listing tokens on Binance Alpha:

• Strong community interest
• Increased traction
• Alignment with top trends in the crypto ecosystem

Also, the crypto exchange noted that listing on Binance Alpha doesn’t guarantee 100% future listing on Binance, but some projects that prove their worth will be added.

Tomorrow, December 19, and the next day, December 20, Binance Alpha will reportedly list more tokens.