2025-12-21 01:21:58

In 2025, the crypto world welcomed another active investor—Sun Yuchen. This year, his actions were quite frequent, and his style remained as high-profile as ever. Investing in hot projects, promoting TRON ecosystem meme coins, maintaining his own assets... It may seem like chaotic operations, but a closer look at his performance over the year shows that more often he was the one being "harvested," especially in projects related to the Trump family.

First, let's talk about his high-stakes gamble on the Trump family projects. The total investment exceeded $75 million to $90 million, making him the largest investor and advisor in the WLFI project, and he later increased his stake by purchasing $TRUMP tokens, at one point becoming the project's top supporter. Initially, everything seemed smooth sailing—family projects surged, paper gains were substantial, and he even earned the honor of attending a private dinner with Trump. Even the SEC's fraud investigation was put on hold at that time, sparking various speculations from the outside world.

But by September, the situation took a sharp turn downward. WLFI suddenly froze his token holdings worth over $100 million (about $74 million to $100 million), and relations between the two parties instantly broke down. Sun's public plea for unfreezing also went unanswered. From retail investors' perspective, this looked like a classic case of "reaper being reaped"—perhaps he tried to manipulate the market for a quick exit using his influence but was countered instead. As the year-end bear market set in, the performance of these family projects became even more disastrous, and Sun's losses widened accordingly.

Regarding the TRON ecosystem, he launched the SunPump platform, which features a zero-fee meme coin launch mechanism. He also made a personal commitment—donating all profits from meme coins to charity, while bearing his own losses. In Q1, he even promoted the concept of "TRON Meme Season 2.0," leading to a proliferation of related meme coins like SUNDOG and SUNCAT, which indeed stirred up the ecosystem's enthusiasm. This strategic move seemed aimed at creating a differentiated ecosystem competitive edge.

In 2025, the story of this active figure in the crypto circle exemplifies the typical "gains and losses"—profiting from large investments but also frequently stumbling. His experiences this year reflect the risks and volatility inherent in crypto investing.

TRX-1.02%

TRUMP0.12%

WLFI2.26%

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LightningHarvester

· 12-24 00:02

900 million dollars frozen, this scythe strikes pretty hard Mr. Sun indeed crashed this time, the Trump family project is just a trap Relying on TRON eco memes to make a comeback, can it really happen? This is the crypto world, today you're the father, tomorrow you become the son The freeze of WLFI is really not fair play SunPump zero fees sounds good, just afraid it’s another trap Brother Yuchen has been slapped in the face, personal influence is worthless in front of capital

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LazyDevMiner

· 12-23 20:23

900 million dollars down the drain, this amount is really outrageous... --- The sickle didn't cut but was counterattacked, this script is a bit extreme --- To put it bluntly, they wanted to pump but ended up trapped, they deserve it --- Those relying on Trump for a living shouldn't expect to do well, history has proven it --- SunPump with zero transaction fees sounds good, just don't know how long it can last --- Investing so much money and still getting frozen assets, I really laughed --- That's how the crypto world is, large investors are dads today and become grandsons tomorrow --- TRON ecosystem relying on memes to turn things around? Thinking too much, brother --- This guy really dares to play, but the eye for choosing projects... no comment --- In a Bear Market, nothing works, even the most active figures have to admit defeat

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MEVSandwichVictim

· 12-21 01:25

Haha, the sickle was turned against him, serves him right, who told him to keep thinking about cutting others. --- $90 million is all? When the bear market hits, it's all gone, hilarious. --- I knew when WLFI was frozen, this time he really stepped into a trap. --- SunPump zero fees? Sounds like another new trick to cut a wave of new retail investors. --- He said he would donate to charity and bear the losses himself, why do I find it hard to believe? Haha. --- The Trump family project was already surreal, and he's really willing to go all in, he's got guts. --- This is the crypto world—today a big V, tomorrow being cut, cycle never ends. --- From the biggest supporter to being frozen, the contrast is too great, can't even smile. --- TRON ecosystem meme season brings so many coins, is he trying to flood the market and cut retail investors everywhere? --- Billions of dollars went down the drain, now that's a real textbook of risk. --- Trying to use influence to pump the market but getting countered instead, this move definitely got him beaten.

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