Animated photos in the project team are not a trend, even though they look very impressed in their appearance, because the original photos do not necessarily guarantee they are not cheating, so if there is a team that uses photos in animated images it is doubtful the clarity of the project they are running.
That make seanse, and that is pretty good way for making more transparancy about their teams, but I did not see any project with animated team profile photos. How many projects do you know which are using animated team profile photos? Also, we can not be 100% sure that even with animated team profile photos, that particular project is not fraud.