According to BroadChain, at 14:16 on April 23, Bitcoinist reported that Tron founder Justin Sun filed a lawsuit against the Trump family-backed cryptocurrency project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) in a California federal court on April 22. As the largest individual investor in the project, Sun accused the project team of freezing his tokens without justification and threatening to destroy them. After failed private resolution attempts, he was forced to resort to legal action.
The public confrontation between the two parties has lasted for several days. Earlier this month, when Sun first raised the legal threat, the WLFI team responded on platform X, calling his accusations baseless. They claimed to possess contracts and evidence, stating, "See you in court." Sun emphasized that the lawsuit targets only the project team's operational methods and is unrelated to President Trump and his pro-crypto policies, attempting to separate the commercial dispute from political stances.
Behind the dispute lies deeper governance controversies. According to reports, Sun had previously questioned the transparency of WLFI's governance voting, pointing out that in a recent proposal regarding token staking and lock-up terms, over 76% of the voting power was concentrated in 10 wallets, undermining the legitimacy of the voting results. He criticized the related lock-up terms as overly stringent.
This case places Sun at the center of one of the most politically visible project disputes in the cryptocurrency field. Despite the legal battle, he continues to try to maintain relations with Trump's political camp, stating that the lawsuit is not about the president himself but rather about certain project team members' actions contradicting Trump's values. How this legal battle will affect his political and business strategies remains to be seen.