Binance is facing yet another criticism as one of their IEO tokens has seen a huge dump once again. Matic, which was put on Binance launchpad, Binance’s version of an IEO, fell 60% in just minutes.
The token which is on the Ethereum network saw the huge drop. Coinmarketcap data said that MATIC/BTC reached a high of 562 satoshis on Monday, before diving to lows of just 195 satoshis.
Matic were forced to write a blog post to their investors and supporters explaining the situation. They also had to answer strong claims that they were behind the dump and had duped unsuspecting investors.
The blog post said:“We want to strongly state that the allegations of token movement from our Foundation account, made by a FUD account against Matic team are completely baseless.”
Unsurprisingly, Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao was quick to refute the inside job accusations too. Matic was one of the first tokens to raise funds on Binance Launchpad, so this is yet another PR disaster for Binance, in what has been a rough year for the company.
On the Matic issue, CZ said: “Our team is still investigating the data, but it's already clear that the MATIC team has nothing to do with it.” He went on to blame bagholders for the volatility:
“A number of big traders panicked, causing a cycle. Going to be a tough call on how much an exchange should interfere with people's trading.”
Many articles had previously been praising binance and their launchpad for the apparent success of the IEO and how the tokens listed all appeared to be pumping. A Cointelegraph article pasted in November asked: “Why Are Binance IEOs Starting to Pump?”
Well, it's funny what a difference a few weeks make a now it appears many are dumping, and fast. This Matic incident is not the first time a huge dump has happened to a Binance Launchpad token. Fetch.AI (FET) saw a big dump after its listing, as did many other tokens.
Celr another prominent token on Binance launchpad also saw a significant drop in price. The list i vergrowing. Is Binance really the best path to take?
This Matic data would suggest not and the questionable nature around this latest dump calls into question the trustworthiness of the company and Binance. This not being the first time, especially as Binance saw themselves drop out of the top ten of most trusted exchanges last month. The signs are clearly presenting Binance and those associated in a bad light. Let’s see if this Matic scandal is a big anomaly or more tokens from Binance launchpad take a similar path.