Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Justin Sun in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 27 May 2025. Photograph: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images View image in fullscreen Justin Sun in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 27 May 2025. Photograph: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Billionaire sues digital currency venture co-founded by Trump and sons for illegal account freezingJustin Sun alleges World Liberty Financial installed tools to prevent sale of his tokens after they became tradeable The billionaire crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Tuesday sued World Liberty Financial, the digital currency venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, alleging that World Liberty illegally froze his holdings of tokens issued by the company.Sun, the largest investor in World Liberty, alleged in the lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California, that the company secretly installed tools to prevent the sale of his tokens after they became tradeable in September 2025. The lawsuit also alleges that World Liberty threatened to “burn” – or permanently delete – his holdings, even while they were in Sun’s digital wallet.Sun, the Hong Kong-based founder of the Tron cryptocurrency, bought $45m of WLFI tokens – about 3bn – and was later awarded a further 1bn tokens after being named as an adviser to World Liberty, the lawsuit said. In…
Published: April 22, 2026 3:58 pm
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