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Justin Sun

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Relationship to Trumpinvestor and adviser to Trump-branded WLFbusiness · political / 3 sources

World Liberty Financial investor and adviser who reported at least $75 million in token purchases and later said a project wallet was frozen.

Reported WLF investor and adviserrelationship / 2025-09-05

Exact relationships

  1. WLF investor and adviser during separate SEC dispositionbusinesslegalpoliticalsettled · 1 file · 4 source references
  2. WLF investor in Trump-branded venturebusinesspoliticalreported · 1 file · 3 source references

Money, power & fallout

  1. Reuters identifies Justin Sun as a WLF investor and adviserIdentified as a WLF investor and adviser on September 5, 2025investor and adviser to Trump-branded WLF · reported · 3 sources
  2. Sun reports at least $75 million in WLF purchases before wallet freezePurchases and dispute reported; token count affected remained unspecifiedWLF investor in Trump-branded venture · reported · 3 sources
    1. investmentSun's disclosed WLF purchasesat least $75 million
      Investor / source
      Justin Sun
      realized · 2025-09-05 · observedPopulation Justin Sun's self-disclosed cumulative purchases of World Liberty Financial tokens reported by ReutersPeriod 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-05Basis Use the cumulative purchase floor Reuters attributed to Sun's public statements; the start date bounds the calendar year of the first reported purchase because individual trade dates are unavailable.Limits Self-disclosed lower bound; exact acquisition dates, cost basis, token quantities across all purchases, and the number frozen were not supplied.Open cited evidence
  3. Court enters consent judgment resolving the SEC's Sun defendants caseSEC claims against Sun dismissed; Rainberry ordered to pay $10 millionWLF investor and adviser during separate SEC disposition · settled · 4 sources
    1. penaltyRainberry civil penalty in SEC consent judgment$10 million
      Ordered from
      Rainberry, Inc.
      Ordered to
      U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
      ordered · 2026-03-09 · observedPopulation Civil penalty ordered against Rainberry, Inc. in SEC v. Sun, case 1:23-cv-02433Period 2026-03-09 to 2026-03-09Basis Use the exact Rainberry company penalty in the entered consent judgment and cross-check the March 9, 2026 date against the SEC's qualifying-order notice.Limits This is an ordered company penalty, not proof of payment and not a personal fine against Sun; the judgment was entered without an admission or denial as to Rainberry's settled claim.Open cited evidence
Source: World Trade Organization / Jessica Genoud · Rights/use: CC BY-SA 2.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/; derivative remains CC BY-SA 2.0 · Modified: cropped and resized