Justin Sun Featured on Forbes for Ties to Trump Family’s $400M Crypto Earnings
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March 28, 2025 11:11 AM
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Forbes highlights Justin Sun's role in helping the Trump family earn $400 million through crypto ventures.
The feature notes TRON’s global payment network now reaches over 300 million users.
Forbes has featured TRON founder and Huobi HTX global advisor Justin Sun on the cover of its English edition. The article, titled “The Crypto Billionaire Who Helped the Trump Family Earn $400 Million,” focuses on Sun’s growing influence in the digital asset space and his reported financial ties to the Trump family.
The piece notes that Sun is actively building a global payment system through TRON, claiming a user base of more than 300 million. Under Sun’s leadership, Huobi HTX was also named Forbes' “most trusted crypto exchange” for 2025.
Sun’s appearance places him among a small group of crypto figures—such as Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ), former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong—who have been featured on the magazine’s cover. He is also the second Chinese entrepreneur after Jack Ma to appear on the English-language edition.
In a statement on X, Sun said: “From visionary to global leader – it’s a great honor to be on the cover of Forbes.”
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