Binance choices for listing is quite weird, is not it?
I mean that is true Pond is a good project for development and enhance DeFi network, but why now? if they really care about the development of DeFi network, they could list it last month or a few months ago when DeFi starts to boom or when they were actively making a partnership. unlike now, they do not really do much noise other than community call.
they are really out of the box when it comes to listing.
It could also be that negotiations for listing did not start now. Maybe this was the agreed time. It is also possible that something is being cooked behind the scenes. Lets give them some time to see the next move.