World Liberty co-founder disputes Justin Sun’s court victory claim

Justin Sun told the world he won in court. The other side says that’s not what happened. On August 20, a California federal court heard motions related to Sun’s lawsuit against World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by Zach Witkoff and Eric Trump. Sun, the Tron blockchain founder, walked away claiming the judge ruled his individual claims would stay in open court rather than being shuffled into private arbitration. Witkoff fired back, saying the judge made no definitive rulings at all and instead suggested that many of Sun’s claims, particularly those tied to his corporate entities, should proceed to arbitration. The stakes involve token holdings Sun has valued at up to $1 billion at peak prices. How a $45 million investment turned into a courtroom brawl The dispute traces back to Sun’s role as one of World Liberty Financial’s largest early investors. He put roughly $45 million into WLFI tokens after the project launched in 2024. Sun alleges that WLFI added blacklist functions to its smart contracts, effectively freezing his token holdings after he declined to make further investments into the project. Sun filed suit on April 21 in the US District Court for the Nort...