Community Takeover (CTO) Update Guidelines

In the event of a community takeover, ambiguity may arise surrounding the true domain owner of the project. Consequently, social links, websites, and ownership of the token page may be subject to change. A community takeover typically indicates that the original project creators are no longer active, had malicious intent, or raised red flags within the community.

If you are a community member representing the community takeover, kindly refer to the steps below :

1. Login into your CoinGecko account if you already have one. If not, please sign up for a CoinGecko account. You may refer to this article for more information.
   
   
   
2. Once logged in, navigate to the bottom of CoinGecko main site and click “Request Form”, choose “Update Coin or Token Info”. If you logged in after you clicked “Request Form”, you should be redirected to the form. If not, please click this link.
   
   
3. Select “Community Takeover (CTO)’ from the dropdown

4. Please fill in all MANDATORY fields relevant to the detail update requested, including
   1. Evidence that the original developer is no longer active.
   2. Evidence if the original developer had any form of mal-intent towards the community.
   3. Proof(s) that the newly launched links are supported by the community. Therefore, a verification post is required on the new social handle as seen in the guide here.
      
      
5. Please ONLY fill up the fields where updates are required, for instance :

   6. Feel free to type in any additional information that you would like to share with the CoinGecko team.

   7. Once all the necessary information is filled, click "Submit". You may click the “Submit New Request” to submit a new coin/token detail update request.

   8. You may check the status of the detail update request by clicking the “My Submissions” button. 

9. You would have received a Coin Update ID, for example (CU290524xxxx). 

10. Kindly follow our verification procedures for our team to evaluate your request accordingly.

If you would like to expedite your coin update evaluation process, CoinGecko Fast Pass is a paid service that offers a processing time within 24 hours from the submission of your application.