[Proposal] Listing MAS on Binance – A Strategic Step for Massa’s Future

Hello everyone,

As a long-time supporter and MAS holder, I would like to share some personal thoughts and proposals regarding the future development of the Massa ecosystem — particularly about listing MAS on Binance and the planned token burn.

:ringed_planet: Massa is one of the most undervalued Layer-1 blockchains

Massa is, in my opinion, the most underrated L1 blockchain project in the market. The core team’s technical capacity is outstanding — they have been continuously delivering updates, and are even planning to launch Gossip, a decentralized encrypted chat application.

The foundation and community teams have also been doing a great job promoting Massa through various online and offline activities. Truly an amazing team!

However, the market capitalization of MAS — around $1 million — does not reflect its true technical value or ecosystem potential. On CertiK’s leaderboard, most of the top-20 blockchains are valued in tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, some even above $1 billion.

Many community members have suggested two key directions to change this situation:

  1. Listing MAS on Binance, and

  2. Conducting a large-scale token burn.

Let me explain why I believe these are critical steps.

:light_bulb: Why listing on Binance matters

Although Binance has its downsides — such as high listing fees and heavy marketing — it remains the most influential exchange in the crypto world. Not only because of its massive user base, but also due to its powerful promotional mechanisms: Alpha Points, BNB airdrops, trading competitions, and more.

Listing on Binance would bring enormous visibility to Massa.
Most crypto investors are speculators looking for short-term profit, not caring much about the underlying tech. But a smaller portion of the community — the true builders and believers — are genuinely interested in innovative blockchain technologies. These are Massa’s target users.

Massa’s advanced tech, robust ecosystem, and genuine decentralization deserve to be seen by more people. Binance provides that global stage. Once more people discover Massa, they will inevitably be attracted to join and contribute.

Yes, listing on Binance requires resources — but the benefits it brings are far beyond what any other exchange can offer.

:fire: About the upcoming token burn

As Seb mentioned on September 30 2025 in the official Telegram group:

“We agree we can burn a significant amount of tokens because anyway we’re not going to use them all and more tokens will unlock in next years. So we’re discussing internally what’s the best way to do it, what amount etc. We’ll tell you when we’re decided, our plan is to do it before the end of the year.”

A large-scale token burn will clearly have a positive impact on MAS price.
Some investors suggested burning up to 500 million of the total 1 billion supply. The final decision, of course, will be made by Seb and the team — including how, when, and how much to burn.

  • Massa Foundation (Direct Control):
    * Community and Ecosystem Allocation: 310,000,000 tokens (31% of total supply) - Managed by the Massa Foundation, vested for 60 months.

* 100k-nodes Program: 200,000,000 tokens (20% of total supply) - This pool, intended to encourage individual stakers, is explicitly stated to be managed by the Massa Foundation.

  • 2k-builders Program:
    * Amount: 100,000,000 tokens (10% of total supply

Total tokens directly controlled by Massa Labs & Founders and the Massa Foundation: 120,000,000 (Massa Labs & Founders) +
510,000,000 (Massa Foundation Direct Control) = 630,000,000 tokens. + 100,000,000 2k builders program .

Total 730,000,000

80 million testers rewards + let’s say 50 million to kol

So 600,000,000 in control of the team ( direct or indirect) Locked or unlocked.

This is a very rough estimate, as I don’t know the details.

For sure we can think about a way to burn 500 million. The rest can be used to incentivize .

Plus over the next years 100-200 millions of token will be minted as reward again

:compass: Two possible strategies

Option A – Use part of the tokens intended for burning to list on Binance

According to leaked standard terms for listing on Binance (for “Binance Alpha + Day-1 Perps”), the requirements are roughly:

  • 5% of total supply (~50 million MAS),

  • 100% TVL liquidity commitment (≈ $1 million locked for 90 days), and

  • $250 k security deposit, which can drop to $100 k if already listed on another major exchange (e.g., Bitget).

Here’s a feasible idea:

  • The tokens planned for burning could instead be allocated for Binance listing purposes.

  • The security deposit could be raised through a community crowdfunding/pledge program.
    Supporters who stake USDC on Massa for 180 days would receive interest paid in MAS. After the lock period, their USDC would be returned.

I believe many community investors would gladly contribute real funds to help bring Massa to Binance.

Once MAS gets listed on Binance Alpha, its price could reasonably recover to around $0.5 USD, allowing early investors (who joined at $0.06–$0.12) to break even, and giving the team new resources for further development and eventual spot listing.

Option B – Proceed with a large-scale token burn

If Option A is not feasible, then the team can move forward with the original burn plan — but with a meaningful amount, ideally around 500 million MAS.

The burn could be done linearly over 24 months (e.g., 20 million MAS per month), with all burn addresses publicly visible for transparency. Announcing this plan across major channels would attract new attention and participation.

However, compared with Option A, token burning alone may not bring in new users or liquidity — it mainly benefits existing holders. Option A leverages Binance’s global exposure to attract new builders and investors, making it more strategic in my view.

:heart: Final thoughts

These are just my humble suggestions for discussion.
As a devoted individual investor and community member, I sincerely hope that Massa can reach a wider audience, and that early supporters who have believed in the project’s long-term vision can finally be rewarded.

Let’s work together to make Massa visible to the world — it truly deserves it.

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Really a great proposal! I agree it’s better that we can find a way to list on Binance, other than that, token burning is also a very practical way to raise the token value.

Hello! Thank you for the suggestions! As soon as we can list on Binance we will.
Regarding token burns, there are 2 misconceptions here: first it does not raise token value, and second we created these tokens in the whitepaper (please read it) for a reason: decentralization, so burning a huge part of the remaining supply to be decentralized (like 500m) is just signing the end of future network decentralization.

Thank you, Seb, for taking the time to reply despite your busy schedule. You and the Massa team have done an incredible amount of work building the Massa ecosystem — it’s truly not easy.

1. About token burning
You’re absolutely right — burning tokens doesn’t directly raise the token price. However, with the continuous unlocking and staking rewards, the circulating supply keeps increasing, while new user inflow seems limited. As a result, the price faces heavy downward pressure. From the initial $0.12 to today’s (Nov 13, 2025) $0.0038, the price has dropped by about 97%, even below ADM’s 2024 prediction, and at one point reached $0.0027.

2. Current situation
I personally feel that Massa is now at a very critical point. There are already more than 40 million tokens in the crypto market, with hundreds of new ones being launched every minute. Massa’s strong technology is a moat, but over time, better technologies may also emerge.
According to Damip’s latest video, the team is currently focused on developing Gossip. While a decentralized encrypted messenger is an exciting idea, the biggest challenge in the crypto market is attention — even the best products can fade if no one notices them.
In my opinion, the top priority right now should be to focus the team’s limited energy on core Massa-related products, such as releasing an improved official Android wallet and developing an iOS version. It’s quite surprising that such a long-running blockchain project still doesn’t have a complete official mobile wallet.

3. About decentralization
The whitepaper defines decentralization as one of Massa’s key missions. Unfortunately, the current trend in node participation, Telegram activity, and Twitter followers shows a decline — suggesting decentralization progress has slowed.
The good news is that most Massa holders in the community believe listing on Binance could be a strong solution. It doesn’t have to be Binance spot — starting with Binance Alpha or Futures would already help a lot. This requires roughly 5–8% of tokens + around $250,000.
This $250k could be raised through community crowdfunding + staking, and the team could allocate the tokens intended for burning to the Binance Alpha program. Binance Alpha distributes tokens to users with Alpha Points and BNB holders — currently over 300,000 active Alpha Points users.
Yes, some of them might sell immediately, but many will hold — and the number of holders would multiply compared to today.
At the same time, the team could cooperate with Binance Alpha to provide high-yield staking rewards for Massa holders, which would further advance the mission of decentralization.

I personally believe that partnering with Binance Alpha offers a much higher return than spending similar funds on small KOL promotions on Twitter. The impact on ecosystem visibility would be incomparable.

4. Next step
As a Massa fan, I sincerely hope you and the team can push forward the Binance listing plan. Many of us in the community are willing to assist in any way possible.
Here’s the link to the Binance listing application — let’s take action together!

https://www.binance.com/en/my/coin-apply

Thanks again for your dedication and transparency, Seb. We truly appreciate your work for Massa. :folded_hands:

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Hey Seb,

This doesn’t sound good.

Words don’t mean much. You talk about ‘future network decentralization’, but in reality the number of stakers has dropped by 54% over the past year. The communities are nearly dead.

Please stop being so stubborn and academic, and take a hard look at the tokenomics.

@Moon

I’m glad to see some thoughtful ideas here.

Unfortunately, they don’t last long — the team keeps jumping from one idea to another.

Now it’s a decentralized messenger.

Massa team @seb_massa @damir, you are living in your own reality.

I personally feel that Massa is now at a very critical point. There are already more than 40 million tokens in the crypto market, with hundreds of new ones being launched every minute. Massa’s strong technology is a moat, but over time, better technologies may also emerge.

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