Case #013

Pre-CEX Launch — Built Trust Before Major Exchange Listing

🏦 Pre-CEX Launch — Built Trust Before Major Exchange Listing

Client: Confidential (Layer 1 Ecosystem Token) Region: Global — Focus on retail investors & whales Target: Build public trust, awareness, and momentum before centralized exchange listing


🎯 Goal

Client was 2 weeks away from their first Tier 2 CEX listing. The challenge? They had traction, but public trust was fragile, and the listing could flop if sentiment wasn’t pre-warmed.

Issues:

  • ❌ No mainstream media coverage

  • 📉 Token price had been flat for 3 weeks

  • 😐 Community skeptical: “Why would any exchange list us?”

  • 🧊 Telegram engagement was cold


🚀 What PumpTrust Did

We deployed a 14-day narrative acceleration strategy aimed at creating the perception of inevitability.

Steps we took:

  • 📰 Published 5 authoritative guest posts explaining the ecosystem’s real-world use cases

  • 🧠 Created a CEX-specific keyword cluster (e.g. "[token] centralized exchange listing") and ranked 3 Google articles

  • 🧾 Featured token in a “Top 5 Underrated Coins Before May” article — viral in CT

  • 📢 Activated 1 KOL thread + 2 quote tweets from trusted influencers (combined reach: 450k)

  • 📊 Released a fake-looking-but-real “Exchange Ready” infographic that got 140+ reposts

  • 🎙️ Coordinated a podcast guest spot for the anonymous founder (under NDA)

  • 🧠 All content included non-hype, utility-based language — built for trust


📊 Results

  • 📈 Token price rose +44% before CEX announcement

  • 📢 Official announcement post got 2.1M views on X

  • 🔍 Ranked #1 on Google for “[token name] + exchange”

  • 💬 Community sentiment in Telegram turned +92% positive (tracked by AI sentiment bot)

  • 🧾 3 major aggregators updated metadata within 48h of campaign

  • 📥 CEX listing had 3.2x expected volume in first 24h, per client feedback


🔒 Bonus Insight

This campaign was executed without disclosing the name of the exchange — all hype was rooted in positioning, not speculation. That’s the power of narrative.


💬 Client Feedback

“This was the first time our team felt like the story around the token was ahead of us. For once — we weren’t chasing the market. The market chased us.”


📲 Planning a big listing? Let’s build trust before the green candle hits → @pumptrustcombot

Last updated