XT will open spot trading for Tea Protocol (TEA) at 09:00 UTC today, July 2, 2026, the exchange announced. The move comes just hours before the token’s pre-market trading period expires, giving early participants a final window to exit positions before the order book shifts to a standard spot market.
Deposits are already live. Withdrawals will be enabled at 09:00 UTC on July 3, 2026 – a one-day delay typical for new listings after the exchange verifies initial liquidity conditions.
Tea Protocol bills itself as a decentralized infrastructure layer for on-chain data storage and retrieval, competing with projects like Arweave and Filecoin. The token, ticker TEA, began pre-market trading on XT earlier this week, allowing users to trade futures-style contracts before the actual coin was available for spot delivery. That phase is now ending.
For traders, the switch from pre-market to spot means the contract-based price discovery mechanism gives way to real supply-demand matching on a live order book. Pre-market prices often diverge from spot open – sometimes sharply – because the former reflects a much smaller pool of participants and no ability to take physical delivery. Once spot trading begins, arbitrageurs and larger holders can enter, typically compressing spreads and adding depth.
XT did not specify an initial circulating supply for TEA or whether any trading pair fees would be waived during the launch period. The exchange’s announcement directs users to its standard trade interface for the TEA/USDT pair.
The timing of the listing – mid-week, mid-session – suggests XT expects active interest from both retail and algorithmic traders. The one-day gap between trading and withdrawal enablement is a common safeguard to prevent immediate token dumping that could destabilize early price action.
Crypto traders holding TEA pre-market positions should monitor the spot open closely. Any large discrepancy between the last pre-market price and the first spot prints could trigger a flurry of limit orders. The next verifiable event is the withdrawal unlock at 09:00 UTC on July 3, which will indicator whether the exchange has deemed liquidity sufficient for unrestricted outflows.
XT launches Tea Protocol (TEA) spot trading, ending pre-market phase
XT has begun spot trading of Tea Protocol’s (TEA) token, allowing users to buy and sell actual coins rather than contracts. This change affects traders by enabling real supply-demand pricing and token withdrawals starting July 3, improving market access and liquidity.