Sun Yuchen: Court rules personal claims to remain in public court, previously invested $45 million in WLFI tokens
Sun Yuchen stated that his legal team attended a hearing at the California federal court, opposing World Liberty Financial's attempt to push the dispute into secret arbitration and seal documents.
The court supported his position, ruling that all personal claims should remain in public court and rejecting the opposing party's claim that all company-related claims should be arbitrated, ordering both parties to negotiate the direction of some claims.
Sun Yuchen called this a significant victory, emphasizing that token holders have the right to see how the project treats investors, and accused the opposing party of secretly implanting backdoors in the smart contract that could unilaterally freeze, restrict, or destroy tokens.
He invested $45 million to purchase WLFI tokens, helping the project complete a $550 million fundraising, and accused the opposing party of illegally freezing his tokens and threatening criminal referral, with claims amounting to several hundred million dollars.
Sun Yuchen further questioned the opposing party's USD1 stablecoin and the sufficiency of funds, mentioning related lending arrangements and historical lawsuits.
Market mechanisms indicate that the incident strengthens the demand for transparency in token projects through public litigation, with related token and stablecoin holdings under pressure, and capital flows focusing more on projects that disclose smart contract permissions, benefiting protocols that emphasize governance transparency.
Source: Public Information
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As an early large investor, Sun Yuchen previously supported the project token sale through investment, and later filed a lawsuit due to issues with smart contract permissions and freezing, continuing his rights protection model in stablecoin and project governance disputes.
In terms of capital pathways, Sun Yuchen is shifting resources from project support to legal litigation and public disclosure, directing funds and community attention towards contract enforcement and backdoor risks, while questioning the opposing party's collateral and circular lending structure.
Similar cases can be seen with other token freezing disputes and accusations of insufficient stablecoin collateral, as well as the exposure of governance backdoors in early DeFi projects; currently, the token issuance is transitioning from marketing narratives to scrutiny of smart contract permissions and investor protection.
Structural judgments belong to regulatory changes: the public court ruling strengthens transparency requirements, shifting pricing power from unilateral control by the project side to investor lawsuits and public scrutiny, and mechanism-wise, limiting secret arbitration from covering significant disputes through judicial processes.
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