Justin Sun Invests $100 Million in TRUMP Tokens
Date: 2025-07-11 Author: Gabriel Deangelo Categories: CRYPTO PAYMENTS
On July 9, 2025, Justin Sun, the creator of the TRON crypto project, announced the acquisition of TRUMP tokens worth $100 million. According to him, the joint efforts of TRUMP and TRON opens up new opportunities for the development of the crypto industry and the strengthening of communities, such as GetTrumpMemes, the official channel of the TRUMP meme token.
Earlier, on July 7, the DAO team responsible for supporting TRON confirmed the migration of the TRUMP token to its network. At the time of this announcement, the token was worth $8.89, and after the news, the price rose by about 2.7%.
In the spring of 2025, Justin Sun attended a dinner party hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump where the largest TRUMP token holders met. Prior to the event, Sun revealed that he owned around $19 million worth of the meme coin, more than anyone else, according to CNBC.
The partnership between TRON and TRUMP developed gradually. In November 2024, a few weeks after Donald Trump returned to power, Sun announced a $30 million investment in World Liberty Financial (WLF). He later increased his investment in the WLFI token to $75 million after becoming an advisor to WLF. According to Arkham, World Liberty Financial purchased $4.7 million worth of TRON tokens in January 2025.
In 2023, the SEC filed charges against Justin Sun and three of his companies, including TRON Foundation Limited, in connection with an unregistered securities offering through the TRON (TRX) and BitTorrent (BTT) tokens. In February, the parties filed a motion to stay the trial to discuss the possibility of dismissing the case. After Trump entered the White House, the regulator significantly eased the pressure on a number of crypto companies, including Coinbase, Robinhood, Ripple, and others.
In April, Sun responded to the SEC's claims that the commission does not have the authority to regulate the sale of foreign digital assets to foreign investors on international platforms. At the same time, the SEC argued its right to prosecute by the fact that Sun regularly visited the United States. Interestingly, in June 2025, the value of TRON rose by 9% amid rumors about the company's plans to enter the American stock exchange.
Thus, the acquisition of a significant share of TRUMP tokens by Justin Sun was another step in strengthening the ties between the two projects and indicates serious plans to develop a crypto ecosystem that unites technologies and communities around popular meme coins.
