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I want to start investing in early projects, and I want to ask if you buy coins on small exchanges? Is it safe? And to what extent are such exchanges protected from hacker attacks?

I am interested in such coins as nwc, cdt and mana, what do you think of these projects? Should you buy these coins?

I don't really know about the three projects that you mentioned so i can't really give you an advice on those coins i can only tell you, that you should always be aware if someone tells you that you need to buy these coins now because they will surely do a x10 very soon or stuff like that because most of the times those guys are just shillers that just want to dump on you.
Regarding small exchanges, it is of course always more risky to trade on small or new exchanges. Being small alone makes an exchange not automatically bad because there are hundreds of exchanges  out their nowadays so if it is an exchange that is already out for quite some time then i would not be too worried. Best would be to check with a small amount first, if withdraws work and stuff like that.

yes, I bought new coins from less popular exchanges. is it safe? very clearly it is risky. but usually I always observe and make an analysis, whether the coin is worth it or not before buying. all back at risk, if you can compromise with this then buying new coins on small exchanges is not a problem.

Before worrying about hackers, I was more afraid of the development team than the coins I bought. because 90% of new coins that are on small exchanges end up being abandoned by developers. this always happens when the project is not in demand. after all hackers are not after low cap coins, so new coins are not their target.

NWC, CDT, and MANA are not only listed on small exchanges, they are already listed on many large exchanges.
Of the three tokens, the best in my opinion is Decentraland (MANA). MANA is a Metaverse project, and as we know the metaverse has a huge hype right now.

Nowadays, you don't need to buy cheap coins on small exchanges as you can use DEX (pancakeswap et al.)
However, if it's only listed on some random centralized exchanges, better be careful. The best practice is to always go in (deposit) and out (withdraw) immediately as it can be hacked anytime. I, for example, still have some shitcoin in Cryptopia, which was closed down because of embezzlement.

As long as the small exchange site has good reputation and that's fine. It's safe but remember that you must have checked the reputation of coin that you will buy it as well. There's no guarantee for that exchange site protected from hacker as the hacked case can happen from the various bugs that being exploited by the hacker. The developers of exchange site didn't aware about this bug and hacker was using this to hijacking the exchange site.

NWC and MANA were good but it's not for CDT. this one seems bad compared with NWC and MANA but i prefer to go all in MANA rather than diversify my money into the some coins that didn't get hype like NWC and CDT. It's not again for CDT. CDT will be dumped to the zero value.

Just be cautious with these coins you want to buy. Listing on small exchange means they don't have money for listing, and their project is so weak, that exchanges does not offer them free listing. I would buy such coins only if they are traded at least on two exchanges. Just to have a plan B in case one exchange decides to delist this coin. It is a very complicated question btw. What do you mean by "small exchange" ? Low trading volumes? Or due to lack of good reputation? If you want to make a purchase, not only you have to do a proper research of this coin, but you need to find out a lot about exchange itself. As it might get disappear quickly, get hacker or turn into scam.

 As much as possible avoid buying your crypto assets on small exchanges, because it is too risky for fraud and price manipulation. its protection system is also still in doubt because it is still a new exchange. You also have to pay attention to the token or coin that you buy, whether it's good in the future or just a moment's hype and the risk is that you can lose your money.
I just know MANA is good, because it's a metaverse project, which is in high demand these days.

If I have 20000 Dogecoin maybe I will invest 10% of this coin a little and I will think about investing in another coin because this coin Dogecoin does not have a whitepaper. The price really depends on Elon Musk's tweet. The Musk effect has driven much of Dogecoin's price spike, and it's not a driver of sustained growth.

Those three coins MANA is top #38 ranking in CMC, And it’s listed on the Binance and also NWC is potential coin even though listed a few top tier exchanges KuCoin,Gate.io BitMart. CDT is trading on PancakeSwap. I don’t think why you want to buy those coins from small exchange (if you feel unsafe exchanges). You can buy DYOR.

To be an early investor is good because you start making profit as early that is if the coin because successful. But to invest in a coin only listed in one exchange is risky and if it is long listed on that exchange, common knowledge will confirm to us that the team is not serious and with inactive community. A coin with only one exchange means few traders will buy and low activity on it will chase away other investors. Example of such exchanges with very coins found only in it was coinexchange that has eventually close down.

on small exchanges, it is worth risking only a small deposit, first of all.It is better to participate in early sales and wait for the project to be released on exchanges that have a reputation, then there will be a chance that your funds will be safe.One token from your list can be easily bought on good exchanges.

Depends on what exchange it is. I would advice against it if X coin is listed to X exchange, which in short don't invest in coins that is listed to its own name of an exchange. You're risking getting locked out of your funds claiming that their team needs to collect information to those who bought their tokens, and worst is wanting your information as a KYC procedure.

I had never invested in those coins that you mentioned, but take my advice.

bro,related to the coin list you said, very unfamiliar. better replace and invest with top coins.

Crypto investment be it on big exchange or small exchange is still risky but it could be more secure on bigger exchange. For coins listed on small exchange I think you can still invest but with an affordable amount so you don't feel bad if it turns out negative. Every big exchange started small and every exploded project today had it little beginning so if you can afford the risk then you go ahead

I don't trust small exchanges and don't buy any coin until it's on a big and reputable exchange. I realize this way you lose a potential time of high profits, but you also gain calmness because at least you know you won't be scammed. Also, observing the coin for a while to see if it's gaining attention is a good thing, IMO.
What you can do is read about the exchange, find reviews, and pay special attention to information about the fees they might impose. Also, of course, mind the KYC policy. If an exchange is not huge, but it's relatively popular and there are no scam accusations about it, maybe it's not that risky to try it out.

I do not even know most of them and I am still intrigued by the name MANA. That is mainly because of how we played games for so long and now it makes me consider how it could be related to that :D. This is why I believe there is nothing that makes this interesting. This is why I believe that things will be a bit different, obviously there are some small cap coins in small exchanges that makes sense and eventually increases in value.

However, most of the time there is a good chance that we are going to end up losing money on those small cap stuff. Small exchanges became even more common with how easy it is to start a new DEX these days, swaps are dime a dozen and that's the problem.

Every coin or token trading has to start from somewhere, even if it's a small exchange if the project is good it will be listed on other exchanges with time. I guess not many are successful, so if you plan to do it try to do homework, do deep research, and check everything twice before you invest your money.
Or you can simply follow Binance, most of the new listings there are doing good. It will save you from reading and researching.

Safe?  No.  There is a reason it's only listed on one small exchange.  The risk you run is if that small exchange delists it or even goes out of business then you are stuck with a coin that is not on any exchange.  Rule of thumb for me is that it's listed on multiple larger exchanges that volume and liquidity wouldn't be hit if one of them folds.

You should know the answer to that, of course it is not safe, you are depositing your money in exchanges with not enough reputation that list new coins probably without going through any due process and you want to invest in new coins which in most cases are scams or simply bad projects.

Now do not get me wrong, if you want to take the risk then do it, it is your money and you are responsible for your actions, but deep down you know the risk you are taking, so own it and accept the fact chances are you will lose all your money sooner or later by doing something like this in a consistent manner.

I don't know about the coins you listed, but I have experience of investing in coins that were traded on small exchanges but in the future gave a good profit and started trading on good exchanges. (It all depends on the project) But there is a big downside to small exchanges - it's not the certainty that they will exist tomorrow, or they will not be hacked. (My example: Closing of the CoinBene exchange, withdraw all your assets as soon as possible https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5370391.0)

It depends, mainly.

You also have to consider the exchange that you want to deposit into, as this will be an important factor in deciding whether or not you'll even get the funds that you intended to use to buy in to a relatively new project. Personally, I would try to risk just a small amount to make sure it's safe, and if ever I got the first few transactions smoothly, then I'll go ahead and deposit a larger sum, then immediately take out the funds once I got what I need—that is if I really wanted to get in on a certain project so bad.

Depending on that small exchange where it is listed.

There small exchanges that has good security and there are those that have been made just to have the fees and list any coin that pays them.

You have to do research first on that exchange if it's a good one despite being small.

I don't believe this will be secure in fact small exchanges are much more vulnerable as there is usually no tighter security IMO.

It comes back to us because everyone is always different from what they want, if using the exchange with a short time for me is no problem except for saving for a long time then I will worry about it.

Well at the initial investment you must know the background of the project that you think will develop in the future and be listed on a large exchange, that's the most important thing.
Do your analysis.

Of course, there are exceptions, but as a rule, most coins start with listing on small centralized exchanges. And they are the first step before listing on major exchanges. And if the project is worthwhile, then it will certainly help to increase the number of people holding the coin, without which listing on a major exchange is impossible.

I think it can be risky to buy that coin on one small exchange but if you are buy that coin so use very small amount in that coin then you will get its a good or not.

unfortunately ! products that exist on small exchanges are vulnerable to shitcoins besides other investors will not be interested in low liquidity so is't safe ,better stay away and stay on the safe path! you should make better use of your money as possible because the real profit is a bonus!

The problems with coins which are only listed in some small exchange is, that trades and price is likely manipulated. It will be easy to buy your coin there, but because of small demand, it will be much harder to sell it. Also, risk of how safe are small exchanges is always present.
I would say go for it if you are young to put small part of your portfolio there, otherwise is not worth it.

I heard Mana (Decentraland) if I'm right, but haven't heard of the others. Even though they are listed on one small exchange I think they are worth it if you have read their whitepaper and you see that they're really a good project, some projects were listed on small exchange first before listing on big exchange we all started somewhere right? I think Mana is a good investment now what more if the actual project launched.

Yes, if you aren't rich already you will make the most money by investing in small projects before they list on major exchanges. That's how I found REF, OCT, 0xMR, BAL, and Yape.

I am not too interested in buying the new coins in a small exchange because the coin will not have a chance to grow. Small exchange doesn't mean they are not safe from the hacker because perhaps, the hacker will give more attention to the big exchanges as if the hacker can penetrate to that exchange, they can get more money. You should search for the other coins in major exchanges because that can give you a chance to make a profit

While the risk is really their but if the coin have potential and think worth risking then it can be fine if we wanted to have it in their early stage. If that coin is indeed good they will probably be listed soon in major exchanges. Just make sure to follow their development and their exchange goals. There is a need to know what they can do. It’s a matter of risking or waiting them to be listed in other exchange.

Most of the coins that are listed in small exchanges are not safe, why? because their listing fee is cheap, therefore the scammers can afford to get their project listed. Small exchanges have not built a good reputation yet, so most probably they don't conduct a thorough investigation before listing a coin as they could always tell us that they don't dictate the price movements of a certain coin.

Although I'm not saying buying coins in small exchanges is bad, just always remember that the risk is high on non-reputable exchanges, but if you are lucky to buy a gem, it will certainly give you a decent profit.

I want to post my opinion in general, not on the coins you've mentioned it's ok to invest in a new coin, it's safe based on your diligent research on the potential of the coin even if it is listed in a small exchange there are a lot of coins that I invested that started in a small exchange, just this year I'm lucky to be part of the new coin that started in a small or decentralized exchange and yet they are moving and growing in their potential if the coin is listed in a questionable exchange then wait for the coin/token to get listed in a better exchange.

I specifically registered on the Mexc and Gate exchanges, because these exchanges are the first to list new coins. Moreover, Gate does it for free, unlike other exchanges. But this does not mean that it conducts a listing without any selection. And these exchanges are of interest to traders because they give the opportunity to buy new coins at a low price before they are listed on major exchanges.

As long as that small exchange site is very well known by community and it doesn't have bad track record and it's safe. I have been using various small exchange site like hotbit and many more. Some of them were not reputable exchange site but i never had any problems with it. This may be different with others but im so lucky about that. I do believe even small exchange sites regularly auditing and doing maintenance for its service to prevent vulnerability that can be used by hacker but remember that it's not all of people were using the same way to detech bug or vulnerability.
Any centralized exchange site has chance to be hacked and by the way. Decentraland token aka mana was only coin that's worth to buy right now.

It is not safe to investment on small exchange listed token. Boz Real and big project team will not list there token on any normal exchange. They can take a long time for token listing but they will not choice any small exchange. You can invest in ICO or IDO. but before investing you must research and investigate  that project carefully.

The growth rate of coins on small exchanges is really low when daily trading volume is not a useful number, it is almost a fake number, besides, most of them are projects that try to list so that the development team can sell tokens to convert to money then abandon but scrap will also have diamonds mixed in it. So, for those who like to get rich after a project and adventure in treasure hunting, small exchanges have options for them, large exchanges include only sustainable forms, keeping reputation and reducing risks for customers

This is safe to buy the new coins which are listed on small exchanges but there is one thing that this project must be those project which show progress on daily base or weekly base and which has always new announcement coming some partnership . and the main thing is that his sponsor must be big brands if all these quality found in any project then your investment in those project must be profitable

If a project has a "big sponsor", then why should he get listed on a small exchange? He should move to a bigger one. It will make projects price go up more quickly.

I doubt that project will post daily reports with work done, milestone achieved. It is better to do it monthly. Doing it daily will turn work into routine and such reports will annoy workers. I know what I am saying, I had to make daily reports myself; to report every 5min I spend. I spend about 20min of my work filling what I have done at 9:00, at 9:05, at 9:10 and etc. Total bullshit.

If you are afraid of a hacker attack, even large exchanges can be hit by hacker attacks. It has happened before. Hacker attacks don't always target the exchange directly but attack users from the exchange. Therefore the security aspect of personal accounts is better to pay attention to than to think about the risks exchange was hacked.

Of the 3 coins you mentioned, if mana you mean is decentraland, I only know about that, one of the projects from 2017 and starting to experience a rapid increase this year.

If the coin is worth it, the team will not just be listed on the small exchange but will contact major exchanges to get on their list because the coin will get more attention from traders and grow faster than in the small exchanges. Many new coins start in the major exchange because they know that their coins are worth it to reach more investors from the exchanges.

But it is difficult to hunt the coins in small exchange because many of the coins are hard to grow. Not many traders on that small exchange seem to be interested in using the coin to make a profit. Besides that, the price moving will be too slow than in the major exchange with so many traders who want to make a profit. It will be up to them to choose the small exchanges to trade.

A little doubtful but coins that are in a large market certainly come from a small market first. In addition, coins in small markets are certainly also very cheap so that they can provide high achievements. But this is a little risky because most are in small markets as well because they can not penetrate large markets so it seems to be not a coin that has a good future.

I think that it is not reliable to connect your wallet to such exchanges, so when you do it, don’t forget to do unrekt then and also don’t approve spending the unlimited amount. Actually, the price of tokens is growing when there are a lot of investors, but if this exchange is small and unpopular, there will not be a big demand because people are not aware of this platform.

You can start investing in early projects if you think it has the potential to grow the coin you mentioned in your post I did not hear much about but I heard about mana I think it is an old coin in the market. If you follow the project and keep an eye on the development of the project according to their roadmap then you can consider buying if they are not implementing their roadmap on time then one should avoid such projects because due to being listed on small exchanges such projects can diminish. In the end, I would say if you trust these projects you can have these coins otherwise leave it and search top 100 coins and select from them.

If you have options available, I'd always recommend a popular exchange or DEFIs. I have personally went through a lot of unnecessary hassle while trying to save a small fee using a less known exchanges. They don't necessarily be a scam but most of them don't have a solid functionality and if you encounter any problems, it's hard to fix it.
And if available, go with DEFIs, nowadays most of the coins have a pegged DEFI counterpart which makes it easier to purchase and trade any popular coins coins in DEFIs.

I think it is't safe to buy tokens from ordinary small exchanges. I am a victim myself. Because, We are all know that, there was an exchanger called Bilaxy. I bought T2L token from the Bilaxy Exchanger. The Bilaxy Exchange is currently missing and my tokens are useless.

People need to learn to accept both the good and the bad, if someone wants to invest in new coins then as much as I do not recommend this they are free to do so, but they need to accept the fact they could lose their money at every single step they take.

To try to invest in new coins but at the same to want this to be safe makes no sense, investing in new coins is risky as hell in this market, sending your money to new exchanges is incredibly risky as well, and sooner or later someone doing this will be scammed, however can you overcome those risks with your trading skills? If you can then it may still be worth it, but if it is not the case then most likely the losses that you could suffer will be massive.

Well, it all depends on the ambitions and the roadmap of the project. It seems to me that if the first listing of a company takes place on a small exchange, but they point out and work on listing on a large one, this can give good results. Even now, it is not uncommon for a coin / token to fly up tens of percent after listing on a new large exchange. But at the same time, it must be borne in mind that the chances of screwing up are just as high. ;D

Buying low caps? I presume you do plan on that thing but i would tell you that this is something risky because you wouldnt know on what comes next out of these small exchangers neither they do ran way with those funds by closing or would totally locked out your deposit, its just like that!

Buy on your own risk because low cap coins doesnt really guarantees out profits because not all would really be that assures increase so you should really make use of your common sense.

So its up into your choice but expect of those certain risk.

I agree.

There are projects that are just pending with bigger exchanges and got accepted the listing for smaller ones and that's a good start for them. But, there are those projects that don't really want to get into bigger and popular exchanges.

Because that's all they want, to stay on that small exchange and waiting for their project to die once they're all set and done profiting with their project.

The chances of failing are not just as high as your chances of succeeding, most of the time your chances of succeeding will be at 1% while your chances of failing will be at 99%, this is what many people fail to grasp when they invest in the market of cryptocurrencies.

There are tens of thousands of coins, does anyone actually believe we need so many coins? There are only a few hundred fiat currencies around the world, and at any moment in time at best there are 100 decent projects in this market, this means that anyone deciding to invest in a new project is taking a gigantic risk in which the chances of losing their money are sky high no matter how careful they select the project in which they decide to invest.

For some coins like that, i mean which is in small exchange only, just make sure you are ready to lose if you want to save it for long time. I mean, if only 1 exchange and delisted, means you only can save the coins and can't do anything again about it, but if only for short term or day trading, you can take the risk. Risk will always come, depends on we are ready to take it or not.

No exchange is safe, especially small ones. Unfortunately, this is how they usually start when it comes to new projects. In such a situation, it is best to divide the purchases into several smaller transactions and transfer the coins to an external wallet right after the purchase.

You are right even if we do talk about big or known exchange  because once you had deposited your coins then consider the risk involved yet we know that exchangers could be possibly be hacked but the difference between big and small exchange is about the odds of having stuck funds on the platform because when it comes to reputation or legitness then those small exchange would be always in question which we couldnt really make out some assurance
when it comes to security.

Since you cannot just go and register with a major exchange, this is a very long and complicated procedure. Again, large exchanges place high demands on potential clients. And not every young project can meet these requirements. Therefore, the key to success is still the company's ambitions.

By the way, it is listing on large exchanges that weeds out weak projects, because if a company cannot enter a large exchange for a long time, this inevitably leads to the death of the company.

P.S. For some reason it seems to me that you were wrong with the topic  ;D

As long as you can get out right away, it is safe to do so I think. You just don't keep your coins on the exchange however. This rule applies to the big exchanges as well. You'll never know when will they get hacked and when they do it will be too late already. Binance recovered from a hack before but if the amount was bigger maybe things would have gone differently. Buy the coins and withdraw them immediately and you'Ll be safe.

If you have carried out your own thorough analysis and have chosen the right investment coin for you, then it does not matter on a small or well-known exchange, it is traded. It is more important that this exchange lives up to the moment when you want to sell this coin.

Correct, just keep few things in mind never keep your coins on exchange even these are big because no one know when they hacked or have any other issue which create problems for users, just trade and withdraw your funds as soon as possible. It's never been matter it's big or small recently we have few big exchanges suddenly disappear or have hacks which crease big hassle for community just do some good search before invest in project that is this OK and have good team and better use case because these are more important things for your fund's safety instead of exchange big or small.

Read about those exchange first. See if people left any negative review about the exchange like funds getting locked or stuck. And then use those exchange (still doesn't mean they won't scam you). Once you make the trade, don't leave your coins in those exchange (you shouldn't be leaving your funds in any exchange by the way. Big or small). This was even if the exchange gets hacked, your funds will be with. Not sure about the other two exchanges, but you will find Mana in almost all top exchanges.

I believe it is just a question of your risk tolerance. Even the now Big exchanges all started from somewhere, maybe smaller cos I remember when Binance wasn't the biggest exchange back then. I guess you can buy coins from a small exchange too but like every other transaction, due diligence must be done before investing.

It actually makes sense that most investors end up preferring reputable top exchanges. Because the risk of exchanges being scammed is very small,
after all, top exchanges usually have a high level of security. So it's safer to invest or trade on top exchanges, that's why top exchanges always have
a fairly high trading volume. If we compare it with small exchanges that do not yet have a reputation and the security system is also still low, indeed
more potential to be a scam, so many investors are hesitant to use small exchanges. But not all small exchanges are bad, but the risk of losing
money is much higher than using top exchanges. The conclusion is that it is not safe to use small exchanges to buy coins, unless the coins have
potential and have not been listed on top exchanges. That's a different story, we have no other choice and have to use small exchanges, but if the coins
we want to buy are already listed on top exchanges, of course we should prefer to use top exchanges than small exchanges.

and most of the time, the prob with small exchange is very low liquidity so the movement is slow, may take days to execute your target price. and before buying that coin, one should always check the potential of that coin. does it really have the capability to deliver their objectives and be listed in much better exchanges? because if you see that the trading activity is not active, think twice, maybe that coin is cheap for many reasons. don't just think that you are buying cheap, because most of them are crap.

yes, but with a note that you need to be careful as @mindrust said whether it's a small exchange or a large exchange there is no guarantee that your money is safe if you store it on an exchange. immediately exit after getting profit and it applies to any coin investment.

it's safe probably but make sure to transfer it immediately to your wallet if you want to keep it as a investment because small exchanges is not safe to store token especially long term unless if its trusted and has good ratings, if nothing, imean there's no such thing better to dump your token to assure everything is in a safe place , so you should know mate.. Just buy and transfer it to the safe place when it comes buying such exchanges to keep your money safe..

For investment i'd choose coins which listed in big exchanges rather than speculate on coin which only in 1 small exchange. Because beside what OP said about hacker, if delisted from them means my coins is on really bad condition. And or now, somehow it is hard to listed in big exchange, so for me with my personal opinion, when listed in big exchanges means dev really take that seriously.

I think logically. excample though there are 2 coin options on the big exchange or on the small exchange? of course I would choose to trade on coins that are clearly listed on major exchanges because the coins are clearly real, managed by a clear project or developer, and one more thing that these coins are really seriously developed. So, if there is a clear choice, why choose a small coin listed on a small exchange with greater risk?

I have coins on a small market and that's good. Even many coins in large markets start and grow in small markets before they become expensive.

It's a good project and has a good team. This project is growing and has some extraordinary breakthroughs in the future.

I also invest in small exchanges but in a minimal amount as I think it is prone to hack since it is still on its early stage. Though there is a risk associated in big exchanges as well. But for those early projects, I think they were first listed on decentralized exchange, where the risk of hack is less compared to centralized exchanges.

There is always risk of being hacked. What I can suggest is, always put extra careful on websites you are visiting. Because unsecured links mostly contains viruses and other internet attacks to hack your assets.

Most of the new projects are listed on small exchanges, and I don't think this is a problem, as long as they do their job seriously then buying the coin will make us a big profit, but we have to be careful because currently there are too many scam projects.

It's best not to try with small exchanges guys because they are very vulnerable to losing our assets or being stolen.
If you do have a large capital, then it is better for you to trade on a bigger exchange and have a clear profit.

Many people underestimate the coins that are still available on small exchanges, but many big projects started from small exchanges so I never hesitate to buy coins listed on small exchanges as long as I believe that it is a real and promising project.

Usually top exchanges are already equipped with very complete features, so we can more easily analyze the market. Another thing I like about
top exchanges is that the number of coins listed is also very large, it gives us many choices of coins for trading or investment. Usually coins listed
on top exchanges also go through a strict selection, because it is not easy for new coins to enter top exchanges. Then most big investors prefer
to use top exchanges, because the risk of losing money is very small if they use top exchanges. We often hear of small exchanges suddenly
becoming scams, and small exchanges are easier to hack, what's scary is that some small exchanges have fake trading volume too.

I am by far keeping some of my biggest assets in cryptocurrency in the binance market. So far, there are no problems, such as hacking. Even binance has high security makes everyone comfortable trading there. You can also try it directly to visit https://www.binance.com/en

it is better to trade on decentralized exchanges. Otherwise, until you withdraw your tokens from the exchange, consider that they are not yours. All because the centralized exchange can easily block them indefinitely.

I cannot recall a case when any interesting token of a new serious project appeared only on a small exchange, instead of being immediately accepted on one of the leading exchanges. If such a token appears only on a small exchange, then it is not interesting for serious investors, that is, it has little prospects for growth.

Some people are attracted to small exchanges for several reasons but one of the most common is that big exchanges require that the developers pay a high fee to get listed, and many small projects cannot pay that fee, so they need instead to get listed in small exchanges.

So if you are interested in a small coin that you think it has a lot of potential you do not really have too much of a choice, you either join a small exchange or you try to get the coin you want in a P2P trade, and taking into account a P2P trade is risky as well many prefer to go through the small exchange route.

as for my opinion in crypto nothing is safe, also when you buy coins in early begining on small exchanges it could have serious raising in future, but it is like lottery!

I don't think it's safe if you invest in a coin listed on a small exchange platform of course there will be a risk of losing your money because the team may have done this due to a lack of funding from the investors or that the project team does not have enough capital to list their coin in a large reputable exchange, so how will they develop the project if they do not have capital?!

You dont have  the keys then its not your money or coins and this is what you should think off whenever you do really deal off with centralized exchangers.

Im not saying its bad to deal with small ones yet it cant really be denied that there are some coins which are only listed on these exchange which you cant find on bigger ones.

Finding gems or have potential wont be easy because usually coins been listed on these exchangers arent really worth the attention.

You can get NWC coins on the KuCoin and Uniswap exchanges, they are not small exchanges, they both include international exchanges, if you are in doubt about the exchange you mean.
The same thing with cdt coin, it is listed on the pancakeswap exchange you can also get it there.

Small and large exchanges in my opinion are not immune from hacker attacks, it doesn't matter if you want to buy them on these exchanges.

Personal analysis is necessary. If there is a strong urge to invest in coin listed on small exchange, the only thing you won't miss is losing everything. That is the initial risk that you must remember. The market will fluctuate all the time, You can buy any number of coins you like periodically, after that you can see how it moves, If you believe that there are signs of improvement, there is no problem adding to the collection of coins you like.
Fear of missing out (FOMO) is a surefire way to get rid of the wealth you have accumulated over the years. I hope you can avoid that.

I think that there is no reason to not invest in something just because they are only listed on small exchanges.

However, MANA is definitely listed on more than just small exchanges. I think that it has some potential as a project and it is also on Binance.

Just be careful that you are actually buying early stage coins, where it is natural to not have large listings. If it's an old coin that has been around for a while already, it's probably a sign of things to come if it's still only listed on small exchanges.

Sometimes it is necessary to take big risks for big incomes. You can prefer small exchanges, but you should do this at the risk of financial loss. I've never tried anything like this before because a lot of research should be done beforehand. I hope you will make the right decision after a detailed examination.

I agree with you. Investing on something that is being listed on smaller exchanges, compared to others, is not a mere limitation in deciding if the investment must be continued or not. Being listed under such may be due to many reasons, one of which is the smaller fees. However, in connection to your statement, staying under small exchange may also indicate some setbacks. And so, when one decides about making investments, research and analysis is the greatest advice that can be given, again and again.

The risk is very high if you trade on a small exchange it is very easy to hack because the security is very low, I say you should buy coins that are listed on a large exchange which is guaranteed to be safe from hacker attacks.

Until this year there was billions of dollar were stolen by the hackers through the exchanges and it showing putting your funds to the exchanges are quite risky and you have to realized that small exchanges or big exchanges there is no difference between both of them that they are equally risky and while buy coins what is your primary purposes because if you buy the coins for investment i think moved your assets to other wallets and it safer than rely on the exchanges to store your funds

I don't follow all the projects you mentioned, but if you want to invest in a new project then the risk you receive is greater so you should be prepared to lose your assets if you fail, but you also have to see the development of the project you mentioned if it is already listed on a large exchange then it never hurts to invest in the project, Because security is more secure to be in it.

I don't understand the project you mentioned, but before that I also experienced it as you said, I also invested in 1 AURORA / AOA project, I saw that the project was manipulated a lot by the team and developers, apart from that AOA can only do its activities only In 1 exchange, namely Indodax, although it is registered in several exchanges, on other exchanges such as AOA Kucoin, it is locked and cannot carry out market activities.
well,, for projects that are listed only on a small exchange or only on one exchange, you should leave it, don't invest in it.

I have doubts about such a project, but every project has a roadmap, maybe you can check it first, maybe in the next year they will list on several more exchanges according to the project roadmap. I personally have more confidence in tokens that are listed on many exchanges.

I don't quite agree with you there. Correctly, there are of course also more scams on smaller exchanges, because the listing checks are not quite as intensive as on the large exchanges. In addition, it is easier to buy the listing on smaller exchanges and place a possible scam project accordingly.
But even more important is that smaller Exchanges generally do not have such high technical security measures, because they also do not have the resources for it. Over the last few years I have seen so many smaller exchanges go out of business because they have been hacked. That is the biggest risk for me, more than scams.

Successful traders are those who dare to take risks. Behind the risks of investing in cryptocurrency, There is a very good profit potential. Yes, the greater the risk, the greater the potential profit that can be obtained.

Why Elon Musk is so idolized by entrepreneurs around the world, because of the success of Elon Musk dared to take risks when his company almost went bankrupt. Now EM is enjoying the rewards because his company is worth billions of dollars (Tesla and SpaceX).
In every action taken, will be exposed to various risks. Cryptocurrency not only offer big incomes, but can make a trader poor overnight.

The trader mentality will grow when have experienced a fall. So I want to say (Only trader who dare to take big risks can reap big reward).

I agree with your statement. Dare to take risks is a basic attitude that a trader needs to have, besides that for a trader who wants a big income in an Altcoin wave, of course he has large capital and is able to understand the market, if it is not able to be understood by a trader then the results will not be achieved and always fall.

yes, that basic concept must exist in every trader. Dare to do to get big profits and big capital also determines how little or how much profit is obtained.
You also need to know that not all altcoins are good friends, sometimes there are also memecoins that exceed altcoins.

Even highly reputed exchanges do get hacked, not to talk of small exchanges that might not have what it takes to fight hackers who will attempt to hack into their systems. So, it’s quite a risk for you to be making use of a small exchange, because you can be a victim if the exchange happens to get hacked. Though it’s still a thing choice, if you want to try, then you can go ahead. Just be very sure that the exchange you’re talking about is not a scam exchange that would give you exchanges tomorrow and zoom off with your money. So be very sure of the exchange first.

Getting get profits and use bigger capital without thinking and if you're just a newbie, is a big no. You don't actually have to dare your position upon investing in the market. There's no need for you to rush into investing if they're only on a small exchange.
You do have that preferred coins to invest and if that meme coin is there only and you're too eager to invest in it, remember that not all of them are profitable. There is a likely that you'll eventually incur losses instead of making profits as you say.

In this case i clearly said that its not a safe because some time you buy a coin in high amount but it will not list in another big exchange and so the coin price are come to Down and you receive a high loss.
So cannot believe this type token and the other is that you buy a coin but that type which team is responsible and honorable .

The issue with new projects is that there's a high tendency of the project failing and the developers abandonment. This is my major consideration when it comes to investing in new projects. Considering the listing on small exchange is another great risk because they can easily be hacked owing to the fact that the exchange may lack the capacity to invest in modern technology gadgets which can prevent hackers from penetrating.

Some big exchanges requires volume for a coin to be listed. Just like binance, I heard that they require a 5M$ of any coin who wants to be listed in their added by the fee for listing. This is where this little exchanges helps. Don't underestimate these coins specially those who really have a real life usage. They may be listed to smaller exchange and that is because of the fact that they are limited to what other exchanges requires. Just beware to those scam ones.

I think a person, be it a beginner or an experienced one, if he is able to understand candlesticks or charts on market movements then he is able to reap the benefits of his investment in crypto. that's why I think it's important to risk myself in investing if the goal is to make a profit. Apart from risking yourself it is also very important in understanding the market charts

I don't think it's a problem, big coins always start from small exchanges, as long as we are free to deposit and withdraw coins to a private wallet then this is not a problem, I often buy new listed coins on small exchanges and some are successful until they go up more than 100x.

Yes it's safe because not every good coins will list on big exchanges from day one, what should matters the most is how good the project is then they will find their way to better exchange as volume grows, some are faster and some are slower it depends on the project's team.

Exchanges do matter a lot , but sometimes there are projects that the devs wouldn't have enough money to afford launching their coins or tokens on a big exchange like Binance and the rest of them, so they might just decide to start with small exchange to at least get started and not keep their investors worried about the project.

So, it's a thing of whether the project is good enough, if they are really good, then the exchange might not really be a problem at all, as with time they are going to launch it on bigger exchanges once they have gotten the money that is need for them to be able to do that kind of thing. Although the good thing about being launched on a bigger exchanges is that it shows that the project is less likely to fail.

We don't buy altcoins because they are listed on binance exchange and other big exchanges, remember that all coins started from small exchanges before they get listed on big exchanges, for example a new coin must have  a certain amount of market cap to get listed on binance exchange

That's what advantage is. And that's why people who are good in trading and understand a chart, whether the coin is just listed on a small exchange and it's only one and they see it as something profitable to trade with, they'll still trade.
But just for the safety of our money, if you want to be safe with your money to invest, you should just trade with confidence with those coins that are listed in several exchanges.

No, it’s not safe for you, only a low quality exchange listed coins definitely will be not good for future, you may definitely avoid this type of coins and keep your faith over most dependable market peading coins and exchange platform also.

If you ask me directly? here is my response I don't base my judgment regarding when it was listed in the first place, I'm just basing my call on the generalization of the project, on how to spur token demand in the future, I read the content of its whitepaper if those written in the roadmap is possible and applicable in the market and then the team shouldn't be anonymous when I notice that the team is not showing its identity I will not invest in that project that's my way to identify a potential project.

What about Non Fungible Token ?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5376124.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5376124.0)

I don't think it's a problem, most new projects always start listing on small exchanges because to be accepted by whales like Binance, Kucoin, or Coinbase, of course, it's very difficult and you have to go through a lot of verification to deposit. as long as the project looks convincing then I will buy and the most important point is to follow the development of the project.

This thread is reasonable to my liking because some people buy a coin to any place they see coin, from my understanding buying a coin to small exchange that list a coin is good but the advantages is not fully guaranteed because the small exchange look like they security rate can't be compared to other bigger exchanges like binance

It depends on the token.  There's also usually the price hike when something gets listed on a bigger exchange. Many tokens only listed at dexes will pump when they get listed on a CEX (unless the cex is really small).

But it's really hard to determine if a proper cex will list your coin. Does anyone know any good methods to speculate on that?

That's actually the first step that most projects do and I don't see any problem with it as long as the coin has good potential and the exchange has a great reputation. Lots of top coins have started that way so we shouldn't look down on projects or coins that are listed on small exchanges but we should focus on their potential.

We should also know which CEX exchange we consider small, because there are some small exchanges but still survive without problems and also with many problems we know a lot, most importantly indeed we have to see the potential about the project but for me still small exchanges are not there are more enthusiasts and this will reduce the potency to certain coins or those listed there.
Every project wants to highlight the potential of their project but sometimes it starts with small exchange.

The truth is, I would not trust myself, first in the first exchanges it is very easy to close them and not respond for the funds that are there, especially if the small exchange did not have the relevant law actions, also in the small exchanges a considerable volume is not handled , which indicates that it is not a very good thing, it is best to consider a respectable volume so that it gives enough confidence, and with respect to the currencies that are listed it is necessary to do a study of their projects, they may list many currencies without anything of demand just to generate more traffic, since the life of an exchange is its traffic. I really wouldn't trust.

someone who is able to understand the market because they are able to master and study the market charts, but for someone who knows whether or not a project is good or not for the future because they have studied the roadmap of a project

The question is about small exchanges, and you know a small centralized exchange with a very good reputation? Unfortunately, such do not exist.
If I decide to buy on a small exchange, I do not make large purchases, I buy in small parts and withdraw to my wallet.
It is safer to buy on decentralized exchanges.

In fact small exchanges are very vulnerable to hacking attacks. However, when you want to invest, you already accept the risk. My advice is, join the token sale hunter community and ask there about the small exchange you're referring to. They have experiences that they can share so you don't buy right away.

what I can say is that we make as much value on a small exchange as on a large exchange.

For example, I stake on my wallet the dashd since the start of the project and I have an average reward of 0.035 btc per day, then I use birake just to withdraw my earnings.  ;D

That's not quite true. There are many top projects which were directly listed on top exchanges, on the one hand because they were massively valued and hyped right after an ICO or, on the other hand, when they were issued in cooperation with one of the top exchanges. I remember Ethereum for example, which was pretty early listed on the top exchanges.

You must be aware hackers are super smart they hack many exchanges to date so keeping coins on exchanges is not safe unless you want to sell them. You can keep your coins in a Hardware wallet like Trezor or Ledger wallet. I heard about only the Mana coin and the other 2 coins you mentioned I never heard about that from anyone to date. It's not like that if a coin is listed on a small exchange it will not be a good coin. If the dev is good and active you can rely on the coin but this is one of the things that should be considered before buying any coin. The Community of any coin also plays a major role in the growth of the project If the community is strong we can expect growth and if the community is weak we should consider twice before buying such a weak community coin whether it is listed on any exchange.

First, it depends on how small the exchange is, and second, if it is a popular exchange. Also, if there's only a series of these exchanges or just one. In a way, with some exchanges like Apeswap can be alright but whether it will do well or not also depends on various features regrading the project itself.

Listings on major exchanges does often come with big players where there's a lot of tokens in circulation so dumps are unavoidable, so it can have its advantages. While listing only on small exchanges can be a sign of weakness for a project - considering that teams often aim to have their project listed in the best places possible. To me it often seems like the latter, but this is my conservative approach and can't say that it didn't do me well.

Since OP wants to invest in early projects, I think that scenario and setup should already be taken note of by the OP.

What OP care about is how safe those small exchanges are against hacker or something sh*t. Generally, there's no 100% protection against hackers but at least these exchanges, big or small, are doing their best in terms of security.

If only OP can tell us some examples of "small exchanges", we can give a much accurate response like the reputation of that said exchange.

Only luck will get you to that position, I mean projects with good potential will be listed on top exchanges, but hard to be sure of that, the choice is to join Binance launchpad or search for new projects on some social platforms like twitter

I think every crypto investment has a high risk because big exchanges can't guarantee that their exchange is safe, as well as a small exchange. but we must be able to find a place that has a lower risk so that we feel safer. and the altcoins you mentioned are not popular so I don't know any information about them. so in my opinion please look for a better altcoin and be listed on coinmarketcap.

I really don't know about CDT and after searching on CMC, it is in thousands of ranks of CMC and only listed on small exchanges. And I am not sure that it is okay to invest in that coin. I personally will not choose this as one of the assets to hold. it is too risky.
But about NWC and also Mana coin, I think that the two are also listed on some big exchanges.
So, why should choose to buy them on small exchanges? It will be safer and better to buy the two coins on the top exchanges exactly.
See the lists of exchanges:
NWC listing exchanges:
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/newscrypto/markets/
This coin is listed on Kucoin, Gate.io, ProBit, and some others. And you can get them on those three big exchanges at least.

And see for Mana coin ( wait, do you mean this Mana?) that is also listed on Binance?
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/decentraland/markets/

Nothing is safe in crypto world because anytime these platforms could turn out to be a scam or could be hacked or could be do all sorts of things which would results on losing money by its users but somehow dealing with known and reputable exchangers would give out that kind of confidence or assurance that you wont really be losing money.As a user then you should think up always about risks whether they are reputable
then its not really safe on storing up all your coins on an exchange.Its suicide yet you wont know on whats coming.

How much more on small exchangers? Most of them are listing shit coins and i dont see the point on considering to be safe. Im not generalizing but most of them are on the same situation.