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Lawsuit With a Side
The crypto billionaire who ate a $6.2 million banana artwork sued the Trump family's crypto project for "extortion"
Justin Sun, founder of Tron and WLFI's first major investor, sued the Trump family-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial, accusing it of "criminal extortion" after it blocked him from selling tokens he says could have netted him $276 million on a $30 million initial bet. Sun claims WLFI froze his funds in retaliation for refusing to buy large amounts of its USD1 stablecoin and promote it on his Tron network.
Eric Trump fired back on social media that "the only thing more ridiculous than this lawsuit is spending $6 million on a banana duct-taped to a wall," a reference to Sun's 2024 purchase of Maurizio Cattelan's artwork "Comedian" for $6.2 million, which he later ate live on camera. WLFI, whose USD1 stablecoin generates roughly $160 million a year in revenue, said it would fight the case in court.
Source: The Daily Beast →From eating a $6 million Cattelan to now choking down a lawsuit.