{"id":15826,"date":"2026-04-23T11:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15826"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:19:25","slug":"billionaire-investor-sues-trump-crypto-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15826","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire investor sues Trump crypto project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/59.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/59.png 459w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/59-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Billionaire investor Justin Sun is suing the Trump family\u2019s cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, accusing the firm of improperly freezing his tokens amid a dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Sun alleged that World Liberty Financial is \u201cengaging in an illegal scheme to seize property.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorld Liberty\u2019s fraud has caused Mr. Sun and his companies to incur hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, and they seek to be compensated\u2014and also seek certain narrow equitable relief\u2014through this lawsuit,\u201d the filing reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The founder of the crypto firm TRON spent $45 million purchasing $WLFI tokens in late 2024 and early 2025, as World Liberty Financial got off the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then-presidential candidate Trump and his sons launched the company in the fall of 2024. It came as Trump reversed course from his previous skepticism about crypto and embraced the industry during his campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit argues that Sun\u2019s purchase of the $WLFI tokens was made under an agreement suggesting that World Liberty Financial would not have centralized control over the tokens and that they would eventually become tradable in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorld Liberty\u2019s promises and representations, however, were false and misleading,\u201d the lawsuit argues. \u201cFar from freeing its users of centralized control, World Liberty positioned itself as the new boogeyman behind the curtain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sun alleges that the Trump family crypto company pushed him to invest in its stablecoin and froze his tokens last August to \u201cratchet up the pressure,\u201d preventing him from selling his tokens when they became tradable in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has also accused World Liberty Financial of threatening to \u201cburn\u201d or destroy his tokens and blocking him from participating in governance votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn other words, World Liberty has not only deprived Mr. Sun of the right to sell his property, but they have also threatened to destroy that property altogether,\u201d the complaint alleges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hill has reached out to World Liberty Financial for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit comes as the disagreement between Sun and the crypto firm has at times played out publicly. Earlier this month, World Liberty Financial appeared to suggest it was also considering legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJustin\u2019s favorite move is playing the victim while making baseless allegations to cover up his own misconduct,\u201d the company wrote on X. \u201cSame playbook, different target. WLFI isn\u2019t the first. We have the contracts. We have the evidence. We have the truth. See you in court pal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire investor Justin Sun is suing the Trump family\u2019s cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, accusing the firm of improperly freezing his tokens amid a dispute. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Sun alleged that World Liberty Financial is \u201cengaging in an illegal scheme to seize property.\u201d \u201cWorld Liberty\u2019s fraud has caused Mr. Sun and his companies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1724,61],"class_list":["post-15826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-trump","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Billionaire investor sues Trump crypto project - LISTEN WORLD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15826\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Billionaire investor sues Trump crypto project - LISTEN WORLD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Billionaire investor Justin Sun is suing the Trump family\u2019s cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, accusing the firm of improperly freezing his tokens amid a dispute. 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