World Liberty Financial, the Aave fork backed by President-elect Donald Trump’s friends and family, announced on Tuesday that it is appointing TRX founder Justin Sun as an advisor.
The news comes a day after HTX, the crypto exchange formerly known as Huobi and closely associated with Sun, invested $30 million in World Liberty, according to onchain data.
“We are thrilled to invest $30 million in World Liberty Financial as its largest investor. The U.S. is becoming the blockchain hub, and Bitcoin owes it to Donald Trump! TRON is committed to making America great again.”
— Justin Sun
Although highly anticipated, the sale of World Liberty’s governance tokens has been off to a rough start. The project initially aimed to sell $300 million worth of tokens but rolled that back to $30 million. According to the latest filings, World Liberty sold only $21 million worth of WLFI tokens prior to Sun's purchase.