Mantra DAO (OM), a Defi protocol that offers mortgages, loans, and cross-chain Defi products was listed on the Binance Innovation Zone today. The protocol is built on top of the Ethereum network but offers cross-chain functionality on Binance Smart Chain as well. However, the listing of the defi protocol drew heavy criticism from the Chinese community for the alleged fraudulent past of founders behind Mantra DAO.

The Chinese crypto community alleged that the founders of the newly listed project were involved in many fraudulent ICOs back in 2017 and the founder of the project opened a casino.

Binance announced the launch of the fraud project MANTRA DAO (OM), which aroused surprises and accusations from Chinese community leaders. The founder of the project opened a casino, and most of the team has a background in fraudulent ICOs. https://t.co/j7LKt9wuhP pic.twitter.com/YzZ3vk0IoO

— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) March 8, 2021

Many believe the push for the success of the Binance Smart Chain(BSC) has made the Changpeng Zhao led-firm overlook certain shortcomings of projects getting listed on BSC.

There are some opinions in the Chinese community that as long as you agree to use Binance Smart Chain or Polkadot, Binance will significantly lower the listing standards, and some fraudulent projects will appear. Especially the Polkadot chain is full of fraud projects from China.

The accusations seem more grave because another BSC-listed project Meeakat Finance was allegedly rug pulled for $32 million just a day after listing.

Binance Claims its Listing Research Committee is Robust

Binance claims its listing research committee comprising of 5 members do thorough research and check every parameter before passing the project for listing. However, the most recent listing of OM, the native token of Mantra DAO has caught many in the Chinese crypto community by surprise.

BSC lately has gained a lot of traction in the wake of the Ethereum network’s rising gas fee making many of the defi protocols barely usable, this forced many projects to shift to BSC in the short term. Not just Defi protocols even spot traders have turned towards BSC to save on the astonishingly high transaction cost on the Ethereum network. Binance Smart chain is currently processing nearly double the volume of the Ethereum chain.

The race to cash on the misery of Ethereum’s scalability issues during the peak of a bull run might have made Binance overlook a few anomalies. The firm has not addressed the issue at the time of writing.