I have spoken to reps from 2-3 of the top exchanges here just before they were planning launch of alt-coin trading on their respective trading platforms but they've put me off in the past. Mostly citing reasons such as it's not in the top 20 for one, as Top 20 are easy to shill to their customers who are largely clueless and subscribe to herd mentality.

Any ideas what can be done to make it easier for them to do it? I would be willing to provide them with some liquidity if needed but I'm not sure what is the best approach here when dealing with exchanges.

I've considered pitching to the smaller ones and list myself as a seller/buyer for STEEM via P2P channels at the very least. But the audit and taxation issues (no regulations) have prevented me in forging ahead to scale up anything.

I've had a week long audit earlier this month for transactions made in the past year and it cost me a bomb so I'm unsure of the best way forward. But maybe I will still proceed once I get a green flag from my auditor.

However, reaching out to exchanges is no problem if you can help me with a plan Tim. Shoot me a message if you have some ideas.