Yes, agreed. Hive sitting on exchanges also indicates good trading volume for the coin. However, sometimes exchanges can remove Futures contracts if we ask them. If the person who got Hive listed on MEXC for example contacts them and has a fruitful conversation about Futures removal, it can be processed. A lot of times, exchanges do remove futures pairs while keeping the spot pairs intact.
By the way, do you support Hive Futures? @mrtats