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Ben Zhou

Ben Zhou

Co‑founder and Chief Executive Officer · Bybit

Authorized listings and trading products that affected VTHO market access and volume

Operated an exchange platform whose product and listing policies materially affected how easily traders could access VTHO. Approved the inclusion of VET/VTHO trading pairs, managed custody integrations and defined market‑making incentives and fee structures that influenced order book behaviour. Those concrete exchange operations determined alternative venues for liquidity, impacting spreads and cross‑exchange arbitrage opportunities for VTHO. Designed and launched trading products and campaign mechanics—such as fee discounts, maker incentives or temporary liquidity mining programs—that changed short‑term trading flows and encouraged market participants to provide or withdraw VTHO liquidity. Published integration documentation and support for VTHO withdrawals/deposits that operators and institutional traders relied upon when sizing positions. Coordinated with project teams on technical wallet support and ensured exchange client implementations followed protocol gas rules for VTHO accounting. Operational choices around maintenance windows, delisting thresholds and custody policies translated into practical access constraints for VTHO holders, thereby influencing day‑to‑day liquidity. By enabling concrete market access points and commercial incentives, created measurable shifts in where and how VTHO was traded, producing lasting effects on market depth and the token’s tradability in global venues.

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