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Cryptocurrency billionaire Justin Sun has filed a lawsuit in California federal court against World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co‑founded by former President Donald Trump and his sons, claiming the company illegally froze his tokens—worth up to $1 billion—and prevented him from selling them while pressuring him to invest “hundreds of millions of dollars” to mint a new stablecoin. Sun alleges that World Liberty executives, including co‑founder Zach Witkoff and Chase Herro, leveraged the Trump brand to conduct a fraudulent scheme that stripped him of voting rights on governance proposals and threatened to “burn” his tokens, despite his status as one of the firm’s anchor investors. Witkoff dismissed the accusations as meritless, asserting Sun’s misconduct forced the company to protect its users, while Sun maintains he remains a Trump supporter and argues the actions would not be condoned by the former president.
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