CAI could beat GDC out on Mintpal. CAI is 3,436 votes behind as of now. It will take about .6872 BTC (If my math was correct) to get up to them. At the same time, GOX is 6,966 votes behind CAI. Given another week I think they will be ahead to get the listed spot next week seeing how the paid votes for GOX is 1.82488195 BTC and the paid votes for CAI is 6.4087 BTC. I recently bought CAI yesterday so I will say we but do we really want to wait another 2-3 weeks to be listed on Mintpal when it will only be 1 BTC to pretty much guarantee to be listed this week?
Who knows. I could be wrong and CAI could beat GDC and be listed this week or whatever the announcement is will raise CAI price no matter how many exchanges it is listed at.
An extra week before hitting a "big" exchange such as MP is not an bad thing for CAI, it gives CAI some more room for an awareness increase. I am very curious towards the announcement, and I hope the DEV team will market it strongly.