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TRON founder Justin Sun cried foul after the Trump family-linked World Liberty Financial blacklisted his wallet following a $9 million WLFI token transfer to crypto exchange HTX. Sun called the freeze “unreasonable” and said the transfer was merely a routine test, not a market-moving sale. The transfer saw Sun’s wallet move 50 million tokens, and was flagged shortly after the transfer occurred, according to on-chain data from Arkham Intelligence.  JUST IN: JUSTIN SUN’S ADDRESS BLACKLISTED FOR TRANSFERRING $9M $WLFI pic.twitter.com/O25281D7mi — Arkham (@arkham) September 4, 2025 The reason for the blacklisting remains unclear, but the move has fueled speculation that World Liberty Financial is trying to prevent early sellers from dumping their tokens and subsequently pressuring prices during the crypto’s first week of trading. Sun Responds To WLFI Blacklisting Sun, who is one of WLFI’s key investors, took to X to respond to the blac...

A prominent stablecoin depegged from the US dollar Wednesday morning after it was alleged that its Hong Kong-based issuer was bankrupt In a new thread on the social media platform X, crypto billionaire and Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun urged his followers to “take immediate action” to protect any assets they held in FDUSD, a stablecoin managed by First Digital Trust (FDT). Sun also called for regulators to step in and take action to prevent further losses and save Hong Kong’s reputation as a financial power. “First Digital Trust (FDT) is effectively insolvent and unable to fulfill client fund redemptions. I strongly recommend that users take immediate action to secure their assets. There are significant loopholes in both the trust licensing process in Hong Kong and the internal risk management of its financial system. I urge regulators and law enforcement to take swift action to address these issues and prevent further major losses. Hong ...

Liberland Prime Minister Justin Sun was seemingly completely absent from Donald Trump’s inauguration and all related events on Monday, despite claiming he’d be schmoozing with close allies of the new president.  Protos previously reported that Sun and Liberland President Vít Jedlička would be in attendance at events including Trump’s swearing-in ceremony, the Starlight Ball, and the cabinet reception, as per the micronation’s press release. However, Sun’s name was removed from the document and only Jedlička’s name remained.  Sun boasted during his 2025 Liberland pitch that he would be meeting close Trump associates Eric Trump and Steve Witkoff during the inauguration on January 20.  Justin Sun’s pitch where he claims he met and would be meeting close Trump allies. Read more: Justin Sun invites you to join him at Trump inauguration for $50k He was also slated to attend a Liberland Davos event that takes place alongside but is sepa...

The TRON price jumped 11% in the last 24 hours to trade at $0.1602 as of 00:37 a.m. EST on trading volume that skyrocketed 111% to $1.9 billion. This comes as TRX climbed into the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization after surpassing Cardano (ADA). TRON’s climb aligns with an announcement from its founder, Justin Sun, that several influential leaders from meme coin communities have expressed interest in integrating into the TRON ecosystem. Today, I talked with several major meme community leaders about the meme ecosystem on Tron. They said they plan to bring millions of users 🤯 to the Tron community and can't wait to join the Tron ecosystem as soon as possible. They’re already here—what about you? TO THE SUN🌞 — H.E. Justin Sun 孙宇晨(hiring) (@justinsuntron) August 19, 2024 As a major development towards the integration, the TRON network has introduced the SunPump platform, a pioneering initiative focused on ...

Tron (TRX) co-founder Justin Sun — moved nearly $1.3 billion worth of cryptocurrency onto Binance deposit addresses over the last 24 hours, in addition to other major transfers. According to Arkham Intelligence data, Sun sent nine transfers to Binance deposit addresses over the last 29 hours. Those transfers — one of which came from his OpenSea account — translate to a total Binance deposit of over $1.28 billion within 24 hours. You might also like: Justin Sun makes huge moves amid insolvency allegations Furthermore, Sun also transferred over 28 trillion BitTorrent (BTT) tokens worth over $10.8 million. Those tokens were transferred to the protocol’s Root Chain Manager Proxy, indicating that those tokens were likely moved off the Ethereum blockchain onto a different blockchain. BTT is a token created by the Tron Foundation to incentivize and compensate users on the popular BitTorrent file-sharing network. The Tron Foundation acquired BitTorrent in 2018 and intro...

Following a recent exploit on the decentralized exchange, Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov managed to find an answer to his loan dilemma. Thanks to support from a group of backers, including Justin Sun, the principal value of Egorov’s loan on Aave (AAVE) decreased from $63.3 million to $54.1 million. Providing support to the fallen  On July 30, Curve Finance faced a vulnerability linked to the Vyper programming language, resulting in an exploit that led hackers to seize approximately $52 million in crypto assets. The attack included 7.19 million CRV tokens valued at $4.52 million, causing a sharp decline in the CRV price to two-month lows of $0.59, increasing the risk of liquidation for Michael Egorov’s loans. Excited to assist Curve! As steadfast partners, we remain committed to providing support whenever needed. Our joint efforts will introduce an @stusdt pool on Curve, amplifying user benefits. Together, we aim to empower the community and forge a decentra...