Justin Sun


Markets

Founder of Trump's World Liberty Financial Credits Justin Sun for Project's Success

Folkman claims WLFI's success came despite "no VC backing and no special treatment to anybody who purchased the token."

Justin Sun of TRON and Zak Folkman of World Liberty Financial speak at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Finance

Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial Buys $2.6M TRX and $10M WBTC

The project now holds $352 million worth of crypto tokens, Arkham shows.

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Markets

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Swaps Its cbBTC for WBTC After Sun Joins as Adviser

The swap took place Wednesday, the same day BiT Global lost a court case seeking to prevent Coinbase delisting WBTC.

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Finance

Justin Sun: Tron’s Founder Was at the Center of It All

From TRX and tether-on-Tron to wBTC and one expensive banana, Sun was never far from the headlines this year.

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Markets

Tron’s TRX Rockets to Record Highs Above $0.4

Tron ecosystem tokens and memes surged 35% on average, with some gaining as much as 100%, following TRX’s move, data shows.

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Videos

The Dark Side of Crypto

HTX, the crypto exchange advised by Justin Sun, recently redeemed over 5100 wrapped bitcoins worth about $500 million, though HTX’s proof-of-reserves don’t include any WBTC at all. Plus, the mudslinging between Polymarket and Kalshi, and Pump.fun disabled its livestream feature amid disturbing shock videos. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

The Dark Side of Crypto

Finance

Justin Sun Joins Donald Trump's World Liberty Financial as Adviser

This comes a day after Sun bought $30 million of the crypto project's WLFI tokens.

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Finance

Trump's Crypto Project Gets $30M Investment From Justin Sun

The investment by Sun, best known for creating the TRON blockchain, comes after World Liberty Financial saw slow initial sales of its WLFI token.

Justin Sun standing beside a banana taped to a wall.

Tech

Coinbase Delists Wrapped Bitcoin wBTC, Citing 'Listing Concerns'

Announcement comes shortly after the exchange launched its own ‘wrapped’ bitcoin on Base – cbBTC

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)