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

• https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1501626464596201472 

 

Chris’ previous Unchained appearance

• ​​https://unchainedpodcast.com/abuse-and-ethical-lapses-what-happened-when-justin-sun-acquired-bittorrent/ 

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