I think what the OP was trying to convey is that CMC was giving inaccurate information regarding exchanges, and since the coin developers have been choosing their exchanges according to the info from CMC ratings, they are somewhat misled with that info. However, I think as a coin developer, you should not rely on those info as it has long been known that they are not credible to refer on. Also, the success of the project doesn't depend on the exchange alone, it depends on the dev team themselves, whether they want to develop it for real or not. They can always list their coin to another exchange if they found out that there's something wrong with the first one.