Tron's Justin Sun sues Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over frozen assets

World Liberty unfairly froze Sun's $WLFI tokens and threatened him, the lawsuit alleged. What to know : Justin Sun, creator of the Tron blockchain, has sued World Liberty Financial, a Trump family–backed crypto and stablecoin project, alleging it unlawfully locked up his $WLFI tokens and defrauded him about their rights and value. The lawsuit claims Sun invested $45 million in $WLFI in 2024 based partly on the Trump family’s association with the project, and that World Liberty later became hostile when he refused to keep investing or mint its USD1 stablecoin on their terms. Sun further alleges World Liberty centralized control over tokens, threatened to burn his holdings and report him to U.S. authorities over purported KYC issues, while some details of the dispute remain under seal due to confidentiality provisions.