Maybe NASDAQ is newly impressed by company's name-change, from Surge Holdings Inc. to SurgePays Inc.
Maybe NASDAQ impressed that SurgePays two years later is still a Going Concern, but now is additionally required to borrow funds in order to fund its Operations.
Maybe Brian Cox, did not actually submit a new 2021 new-listing NASDAQ application yet NASDAQ will just look at the previously submitted NASDAQ application that was submitted 2 years back under a different company name.
Or maybe, Brian 'The Skank' Cox is a grifter and lied to the Market.