According to crypto influencer "Crypto Fearless," the Plasma and Blast teams have some overlap in personnel, and the entire team lacks any expertise in payment or stablecoins. Plasma's current model is nearly identical to Blast's: identify a popular market, launch a model to attract deposits, and then issue the token. Pacman fell out with the entire original Blast team, and with the exception of Tieshun, the remaining key members left to work on Plasma.

With the exception of Pacman, the original Blast team members' real names have never been publicly disclosed. Therefore, no Plasma team member's resumes contain any Blast-related experience.