Binance Monitoring Tag: 2026 Tagging Timeline

Quick answer: Binance has run at least five Monitoring Tag waves in 2026 so far — January 2 (FLOW, ACA, D, DATA), March 6 (9 tokens including LRC and WIF), June 18 (ACT, BLUR, PIVX, QKC), July 3 (AEUR, PYR, SCRT, VANRY), and July 24 (ACX, LSK, STX). Binance doesn't publish one running master list, so this page logs each wave as it's announced. For the full step-by-step process to get a tag removed, see our complete Monitoring Tag removal guide.

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2026 Monitoring Tag Timeline

Binance applies and lifts Monitoring Tags in periodic waves rather than one token at a time. Here is every wave publicly announced in 2026 so far:

January 2: Added — Flow (FLOW), Acala Token (ACA), DAR Open Network (D), Streamr (DATA).
March 6: Removed — FLOW (cleared after the January review). Added — Contentos (COS), Dego Finance (DEGO), Ampleforth Governance Token (FORTH), FUNToken (FUN), Hooked Protocol (HOOK), Loopring (LRC), MOBOX (MBOX), Orchid (OXT), dogwifhat (WIF). Seed Tag lifted — Ondo Finance (ONDO), Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL).
June 18: Added — Achain (ACT), Blur (BLUR), PIVX (PIVX), QuarkChain (QKC).
July 3: Added — AEUR (AEUR), Vulcan Forged / PYR (PYR), Secret (SCRT), Vanar Chain (VANRY).
July 24: Added — Across Protocol (ACX), Lisk (LSK), Stacks (STX).

Binance doesn't publish a single continuously updated "currently tagged" page, and tags can be lifted between announcements without a dedicated removal notice (as happened with FLOW in March). Treat this as a dated log of public announcements, not a live tag/no-tag status checker for any individual token — check Binance's official announcement feed for the most current status on a specific token.

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Case Study: How One Wave Plays Out — FLOW, January to March 2026

Most explainers on the Binance Monitoring Tag describe the criteria and the recovery steps in the abstract. The January-to-March 2026 wave is a useful real example of what the process looks like in practice, because the actual timeline tells you things the official criteria list does not.

On January 2, 2026, Binance published a review update adding the Monitoring Tag to four tokens: Flow (FLOW), Acala Token (ACA), DAR Open Network (D), and Streamr (DATA).

Just over two months later, on March 6, 2026, Binance published its next review update. It contained three separate actions bundled into one announcement: the Monitoring Tag was removed from FLOW following its January listing; added to 9 tokens (COS, DEGO, FORTH, FUN, HOOK, LRC, MBOX, OXT, WIF); and the Seed Tag was lifted from ONDO and VIRTUAL.

ACA, D, and DATA were not mentioned in the March update, which means their Monitoring Tags were still active as of that review, roughly nine weeks after being applied.

The Pattern: Tags Move in Batches, Not One at a Time

This is the operational detail most guides skip. Binance does not notify a project the moment its own metrics cross a threshold and then issue an individual verdict. It runs periodic review cycles across its entire tagged and monitored token list, and it publishes the results of that cycle as one combined announcement covering adds, removals, and related tag changes together.

The practical implication: if your token is tagged, you are not on your own clock. You are on Binance's next review-cycle clock, and that cycle covers every other tagged project at the same time. Showing measurable improvement early in a cycle, rather than scrambling right before an expected announcement, is what puts a project in the batch of removals instead of the batch that stays tagged for another cycle.

FLOW's 63 Days: What It Does and Does Not Tell You

FLOW went from tagged to cleared in about nine weeks, covering at least one full review cycle. Binance's public announcements do not disclose what specifically FLOW's team did during that window, so treat any specific internal narrative as speculation. What the timeline does establish, reliably, is the outer bound: a real project, tagged for standard review reasons, can clear the Monitoring Tag within roughly two months when the underlying metrics genuinely improve. That is a useful anchor for planning. It is not a promise, and ACA, D, and DATA sitting tagged past that same window show that clearance inside one cycle is not guaranteed for everyone caught in the same wave.

The Full Review Criteria (11 Points)

Binance's own review criteria are broader than most summaries suggest. Every one of the following is evaluated during a review cycle:

Commitment of the team to the project
Level and quality of development activity
Trading volume and liquidity
Stability and safety of the network from attacks
Level of public communication, community engagement, and transparency
Responsiveness to Binance's periodic due diligence requests
Evidence of unethical or fraudulent conduct, or negligence
New regulatory requirements affecting the project
Material or unjustified increase in token supply, or undisclosed changes to tokenomics
Impact from changes to the project's ownership structure or core team
Community sentiment

Trading volume and liquidity sit third on Binance's own list, but they are the one item on it that a project can improve on a matter of days rather than months. Development activity, regulatory standing, and community sentiment all move slowly by comparison.

No Single Sector Got Targeted

The nine tokens added in the March wave span DeFi infrastructure (Loopring), gaming (MOBOX), governance tooling (Ampleforth Governance Token), utility and payments (FUNToken, Orchid), social platforms (Contentos, Hooked Protocol), a DeFi aggregator (Dego Finance), and a memecoin (dogwifhat). The June, July 3, and July 24 waves are similarly mixed across sectors. That matters for how you read your own tag: it is very unlikely to be about your category or narrative. It is about your specific project's metrics against Binance's criteria, independent of what sector you are in.

What This Means If Your Token Gets Tagged

The lesson from these waves is less about following a script and more about timing. Liquidity is the fastest-moving lever on Binance's criteria list, which means it is the one place a project can show measurable, verifiable improvement inside a single review cycle, the same window that got FLOW removed in roughly nine weeks. Waiting to address it until a review announcement is imminent means missing that cycle and landing in the next one, whenever it comes.

Development activity, communication cadence, and tokenomics discipline matter just as much on Binance's own list, but they compound over months. Liquidity is the one lever that moves within days of a market maker actually going to work. For the full step-by-step recovery process — contacting your listing manager, auditing metrics, restoring liquidity, and submitting a formal review request — see our complete Monitoring Tag removal guide.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a complete, real-time list of every currently tagged token?

No. Binance does not publish a single official list that updates in real time. This page logs each publicly announced wave as it happens. A token not appearing in a recent wave may already have been cleared without a dedicated announcement (as happened with FLOW) or may simply not have come up for review yet. Always check Binance's own announcement feed for a specific token's current status.

How often does Binance run Monitoring Tag review cycles?

Binance does not publish a fixed schedule. The 2026 waves have landed roughly every 4 to 9 weeks so far, but the exchange describes reviews as periodic and ongoing rather than fixed to a calendar.

Is the Seed Tag the same as the Monitoring Tag?

No. The Seed Tag is applied to new or early-stage listings to flag them as higher risk while they mature. The Monitoring Tag is applied to already-listed tokens under formal review. Both require users to pass a recurring risk quiz, and both were addressed in the same March 2026 announcement, but they are separate designations.

Can a project get removed and re-tagged later?

Binance's public case history includes tokens cycling on and off tag lists across multiple reviews. A removal is not permanent protection; it reflects the project's standing at that specific review, not a guarantee for future cycles.

If your token just picked up a Monitoring Tag, the fastest lever you control is liquidity. Book a strategy session with EasyMM and get a market maker working on your order book before the next review cycle closes.