Justin Sun sued WLFI and was mocked by Donald Trump's second son, Eric Trump: This lawsuit is even more ridiculous than "spending $6 million on a duct-taped banana."

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The Trump family clashes with Justin Sun! Tron founder Justin Sun officially filed a lawsuit yesterday against World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi project backed by the Trump family, accusing them of freezing his tokens via a "backdoor blacklist." In response, Eric Trump, the second son of Donald Trump, aggressively defended his team today (22nd), not only reposting the CEO's rebuttal but also mocking Sun's lawsuit as "more ridiculous than spending $6 million on a banana duct-taped to a wall." (Previous coverage: Justin Sun officially sues World Liberty Financial: 595 million WLFI tokens frozen without cause, governance proposal is a trap) (Background: Justin Sun clashes with Trump family DeFi: WLFI is a centralized black box, $75M frozen and unable to vote) The two most eye-catching figures in the cryptocurrency world — Justin Sun and the Trump family — have officially transitioned from their initial honeymoon period of heavy investment to a "trial of the century." On April 21, 2026 (US time), Tron founder Justin Sun officially filed a lawsuit against the Trump-backed DeFi platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI) in a California federal court. Faced with legal action from their former "biggest backer," the WLFI team did not back down, instead firing back with full-force mockery. After Sun filed the lawsuit, WLFI co-founder and CEO Zach Witkoff took to X (formerly Twitter) to hit back, calling Sun's accusations complete nonsense, claiming they were merely a distraction from his own "misconduct," and emphasizing that the team would do everything to protect its users. Subsequently, Eric Trump quoted Zach's tweet today (22nd) and mocked Justin Sun: "The only thing more ridiculous than this lawsuit is spending $6 million on a banana duct-taped to a wall. We are incredibly proud of the @worldlibertyfi team…" The seeds of this conflict were sown late last year. As an early and the largest external investor in WLFI, Justin Sun had pledged to invest approximately $75 million. However, he alleges that since the tokens became tradable in September 2025, his holdings of WLFI were "frozen without warning" by the project. According to the lawsuit, Justin Sun has leveled several serious accusations against WLFI: - Backdoor in smart contracts: Accusing WLFI of secretly embedding a "backdoor blacklisting function" in the contract, which allows for the unilateral freezing or even permanent burning of investors' tokens, completely violating the decentralized spirit of Web3. - Deprivation of governance voting rights: The freezing of his tokens resulted in the loss of his rightful protocol governance rights. - Extortion and pressure: Claiming the project team exerted improper pressure on him, even demanding that he promote WLFI's stablecoin USD1 on the Tron network. - Misappropriation and cashing out of tokens: Criticizing the project team for using a large amount of WLFI tokens as collateral to borrow approximately $75 million in stablecoins on the DeFi platform Dolomite, treating investors like a "personal ATM," and launching unreasonable token unlock proposals. Faced with Justin Sun's barrage of accusations, the WLFI team has shown extreme confidence. The team insists that freezing Sun's tokens was an act of legitimate self-defense to "protect the project and its users," and hinted that Sun's actions had caused harm to the project. The project team previously publicly retorted on social media: "We have the contracts, we have the evidence, we have the truth. See you in court, pal." This lawsuit, involving massive funds, the political aura of the Trump family, and the contradiction between "decentralization and substantive control," has become the most high-profile legal battle in the crypto market this year. Both sides currently hold their own versions of the story, and the future disclosure of evidence in court is bound to stir up even greater waves.

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