WLFI Blacklists Justin Sun’s Wallet Following $9 Million Token Transfer - Here’s What Happened

WLFI drops the hammer on crypto heavyweight Justin Sun after a massive $9 million token movement triggers protocol safeguards.

The Blacklist Protocol Engages

Automated systems flagged the transaction volume as anomalous—standard procedure for transfers crossing certain thresholds. WLFI's compliance algorithms don't discriminate by celebrity status when protecting platform integrity.

DeFi's Compliance Tightrope

Decentralized finance platforms walk a fine line between censorship resistance and regulatory necessity. Today's blacklist action demonstrates how protocols self-police before external regulators even pour their morning coffee—because nothing says 'financial revolution' like preemptive compliance moves that would make traditional bankers proud.

Sun's wallet joins exclusive club of addresses temporarily frozen pending review. Because in crypto, even billionaires get timeout corners.

Justin Sun is one of the early investors in WLFI. With this in mind, experts assumed that his wallet was blacklisted due to a possible violation of the terms of vesting.

The situation was also commented on by Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik. He published a correspondence with the agent of the platform, following the results of which he came to the conclusion that it was not Justin Sun who collapsed the rate of the asset.

His conclusions echo the report of an analyst under the pseudonym AntCaveClub. The latter believes that the price of the asset fell due to profit taking by a group of early investors, while Sun simply “got under the hot hand”. According to his data, the total sell-off amounted to WLFI 170 million.

San himself directly stated that he only made a few test deposits before reallocating assets. He claims that there was no token sale, hence the tranche could not have affected the exchange rate.

He also confirmed the wallet lockout:

“As one of the first major investors in World Liberty Financial, I have invested not only capital, but also my trust and support in the future of this project. My goal has always been to grow with the team and community and to co-create a strong and healthy WLFI ecosystem. However, during operations, my tokens were unreasonably frozen.”

He called on the project team to unfreeze his assets as he deserves “the same rights as other early investors.” World Liberty Financial itself has not commented on the situation at the time of writing.

The WLFI token began trading on September 1, 2025. Early investors bought it at $0.015, and are still “in the plus” despite the fall in value in the following days.

Сообщение WLFI blacklisted Justin Sun’s wallet after a $9 million token transfer появились сначала на INCRYPTED.