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Brother Sun, this wave has exposed a bigger issue, a comprehensive review
WLFI's move is very hot, they caused trouble first, then shifted the blame onto others.
First, Brother Sun invested real money, hundreds of millions of dollars, and helped promote and gather resources, boosting the project's popularity. This is well known in the market, and Brother Sun at least contributed a large part to WLFI's early buzz.
And what happened? The project team immediately rewrote the "rules," directly freezing their tokens, stripping governance rights, and even issuing threats. This is no longer a normal disagreement; it’s blatant use of authority to control assets.
The key point is that Brother Sun was the one who filed the lawsuit first.
By mid to late April, he had already initiated legal proceedings in the U.S., with clear accusations: asset freezing, infringement, and extortion-like behavior. This is a typical investor rights protection action.
Then WLFI started to fight back, claiming “demand for hush money” and “threatening the project.”
A very simple question: if you are the party whose assets are locked and controlled, what do you stand to gain from “extorting” the other side? You have no chips, and you are the one being restricted. In this situation, talking about “hush money” is simply invalid.
It seems more like the project team is preemptively controlling the narrative, trying to shift roles and portray the “infringing party” as the “victim.”
Looking at the details of their actions makes it even clearer:
On-chain data can be checked, the so-called “dumping” cannot hold up, the contract statements are contradictory—sometimes it’s about advisor agreements, other times about public fundraising participation, now it’s directly escalated to “conspiracy theories + emotional manipulation.”
All of this essentially is an attempt to divert attention.
Because the real questions have never been directly answered:
1 / Why can user assets be frozen at will?
2 / Why can governance rights be unilaterally stripped?
3 / Who is actually controlling the permissions of the smart contract?
These are the core issues that a “blockchain project” should be discussing.
But WLFI’s chosen path is clearly not to touch on technology or mechanisms, only to wage a public opinion war.
Looking at market feedback is even more straightforward.
During the period when Brother Sun’s assets were locked, everyone knows how WLFI’s price moved; in contrast, the trends of TRX, HTX, JST tell a different story.
As some have said, if Brother Sun hadn’t been involved initially, many people wonder whether the project’s public fundraising could have been completed smoothly.
Their current approach is a typical “burn bridges after crossing the river”:
1 / When they need you: resources, traffic, endorsements all used
2 / When they don’t need you: rules are changed, and you’re kicked out
They even came up with a voting mechanism like “if you disagree, you’re forever locked,” which is no longer Web3 logic but more like centralized control.
As for the so-called “counter-suit,” it’s essentially a defensive move—after the other side has already brought the issue to light, they try to push back with public opinion and legal actions simultaneously.
To sum up this incident simply:
1 / Starting point: investment + support
2 / Turning point: assets frozen
3 / Action: Brother Sun files first to defend rights
4 / Response: WLFI fights back with public opinion + countersuit
5 / Core contradiction: abuse of authority vs investor rights
Data is public, actions are traceable—who is using rules, who is changing rules, everyone can see.
As for who is “extorting” and who is “self-rescuing,” time will tell.
@justinsuntron @HTX_Molly #HTXNovaPlus