Chris Harland-Dunaway, a freelance reporter for The Verge, talks about his most recent investigative story on Tron founder Justin Sun, which details a long string of questionable decisions and actions by Sun. Show topics:
- why Justin Sun fled China after the Tron ICO
- why Chris’s 15 sources were granted anonymity for this story
- why Chris believes that Tron’s market-making team was performing insider trading
- how Justin Sun has tried to evade US securities law
- what “Operation Couch Cushions” was and how it led to 300 BTC being sent to Poloniex
- where Justin Sun is looking for citizenship
- what Chris knows about a grand jury investigation into Justin Sun
- what Justin Sun had to say about Chris’ allegations
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Episode links:
Christopher Harland-Dunaway: https://twitter.com/ChrisHDeee
Justin Sun: https://twitter.com/justinsuntron
Chris’ articles on Justin in The Verge:
- March 2022: https://www.theverge.com/c/22947663/justin-sun-tron-cryptocurrency-poloniex
- September 2020: https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/21459906/bittorrent-tron-acquisition-justin-sun-us-china
Justin Sun’s rebuttal
Chris’ previous Unchained appearance
https://unchainedpodcast.com/abuse-and-ethical-lapses-what-happened-when-justin