Tron founder Justin Sun urges Trump-linked WLFI to unlock ‘unreasonably’ frozen tokens

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Justin Sun vs WLFI. What’s Going On?

Tron founder Justin Sun is once again in the spotlight 🚨. This time, it’s about his investment in World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi project linked to the Trump family.

Recently, Sun’s WLFI tokens got blacklisted after blockchain trackers flagged a suspicious $9M transfer. Many people assumed he was dumping his tokens, which created a wave of FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt).

But Justin Sun strongly disagrees. He says his pre-sale allocation was “unreasonably frozen” and that this move goes against the core values of blockchain. According to him, tokens should be sacred and inviolable, not controlled like in traditional finance.

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Justin Sun moved $9 million of WLFI to HTX: Bubblemaps

According to Sun, he had no immediate plans to sell. In fact, he stated that he intended to hold for the long run and even use WLFI to support the ecosystem with $200M made on Tron while producing yield on HTX.

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However, as soon as he transferred tokens to HTX, the WLFI team blacklisted his wallet. While some analysts, like Nansen's founder, believe the data indicates he wasn't dumping, others claim he was covertly selling through Binance.

It's a messy situation right now. Sun is requesting that his tokens be unlocked on one side. Critics counter that he may have been offloading behind the scenes.

whatever of the reality, one thing is certain: this drama is posing significant queries regarding investor rights, decentralization, and confidence in emerging cryptocurrency projects.