New: Binance Monitoring Tag Alerts

May 2, 2026

Last updated 2026-05-02

We've expanded the Binance feed to detect Monitoring Tag changes in real time. Two new event types — monitoring_tag_extend when tokens are added to Binance's watchlist, and monitoring_tag_remove when the warning is lifted. These events fill the gap between regular listings and outright delistings: the moments where Binance signals risk before any final action is taken.

What is a Binance Monitoring Tag?

The Monitoring Tag is Binance's risk-flagging system for tokens already trading on the platform. When a project shows high volatility, declining liquidity, weakening fundamentals, governance issues, or other risk indicators, Binance attaches the tag as a soft warning to traders. The tag is not an immediate delisting — but it is a signal that the asset is under elevated scrutiny, and historically a meaningful portion of tagged tokens are eventually delisted.

Tags can persist for months, sometimes more than a year. Some tokens get the warning lifted after their metrics improve; others stay tagged until they're removed from the platform entirely.

Extend vs. Remove

Your WebSocket messages now include two new possible values for the listingType field, both Binance-only:

"monitoring_tag_extend"   // token added to the Monitoring Tag list
"monitoring_tag_remove"   // token removed from the Monitoring Tag list

Extend events typically arrive in batches — Binance often flags 5 to 10 tokens in a single press release. A real example: "Binance Will Extend the Monitoring Tag to Include NFP, NOM, POND, QUICK & VIC on 2026-04-30" — emitted as one event with ticker = "NFP,NOM,POND,QUICK,VIC".

Remove events are usually narrower, often a single token at a time: "Binance Will Remove the Monitoring Tag for ZEC..." — one event with ticker = "ZEC". Subscribers can filter by either type independently, depending on whether they care about new warnings, lifted warnings, or both.

Trading implications

Historically, Monitoring Tag extensions tend to be a bearish signal. Heightened scrutiny, combined with the public risk label, often triggers outflows from the affected tokens — both retail traders moving to safer assets and market-makers widening spreads. Many tagged tokens drift lower in the days and weeks following the announcement, and a non-trivial share end up delisted later.

Conversely, Monitoring Tag removals tend to be a bullish signal. A clean bill of health from Binance restores confidence, and the lifted warning often coincides with renewed inflows.

Mixed announcements happen — Binance sometimes publishes a single press release that both extends the tag for some tokens and removes it for others. We split these into two distinct events with separate deterministic IDs, so you can react to each side independently without writing parsing logic on your end.

Disclaimer. CryptoListing.ws is a real-time data feed, not a financial advisor. The structural patterns described above are observations of historical behaviour — not guarantees, predictions, or recommendations. Markets are noisy, signals fail, and past behaviour does not determine future outcomes. You are solely responsible for any trading decisions you make on the basis of these events.

Detection & API

Both event types are delivered over the same WebSocket connection as listings, delistings, and airdrops. A typical monitoring_tag_extend message looks like:

{
  "type": "announcement",
  "title": "Binance Will Extend the Monitoring Tag to Include NFP, NOM, POND, QUICK & VIC on 2026-04-30",
  "ticker": "NFP,NOM,POND,QUICK,VIC",
  "publisher": "binance",
  "listingType": "monitoring_tag_extend",
  "detectedTimestampUs": 1745971200834000,
  "dispatchTimestampUs": 1745971200842117,
  "abnormalDetectionLatency": false
}

And a monitoring_tag_remove message:

{
  "type": "announcement",
  "title": "Binance Will Remove the Monitoring Tag for ZEC and the Seed Tag for ENA, PYTH, TAO & W on 2025-07-09",
  "ticker": "ZEC",
  "publisher": "binance",
  "listingType": "monitoring_tag_remove",
  "detectedTimestampUs": 1736380800712000,
  "dispatchTimestampUs": 1736380800721903,
  "abnormalDetectionLatency": false
}

Each event ID is deterministic per (announcement, action) pair, so reconnecting subscribers can deduplicate cleanly. Filtering is a one-liner:

def on_message(ws, msg):
    data = json.loads(msg)
    lt = data["listingType"]

    if lt == "monitoring_tag_extend":
        flag_risk(data["ticker"])
    elif lt == "monitoring_tag_remove":
        clear_risk(data["ticker"])

Cadence is roughly 1–2 announcements per month historically. See the message reference for the full schema and field semantics.

Get started

Monitoring Tag events are included in every plan, free tier included. Grab an API key on Telegram via @cryptolistingwebsocket, then check the pricing page and developer docs to get connected.

This article is for informational purposes only and is not financial advice. CryptoListing.ws is a technical data feed service — see Legal.

Related

• New: Binance Delisting & HODLer Airdrop Alerts — two more Binance event types on the same feed.
• Why Binance Listing Announcements Move Markets — the announcement effect on the world's largest exchange.
• How to Detect New Crypto Listing Announcements in Real-Time — comparison of detection methods.