{"id":9050,"date":"2025-07-22T19:29:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T16:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/justin-sun-is-going-to-space-now-that-his-sec-lawsuit-is-paused\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T19:29:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T16:29:33","slug":"justin-sun-is-going-to-space-now-that-his-sec-lawsuit-is-paused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/justin-sun-is-going-to-space-now-that-his-sec-lawsuit-is-paused\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Sun is going to space now that his SEC lawsuit is paused"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>Justin Sun may finally be able to journey into space four years after he paid $28 million for a ticket, after\u00a0the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) paused its lawsuit against him.<\/p>\n<p>Sun has <a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/justin-suns-28-million-trip-to-nowhere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">avoided<\/a> the US for years after the SEC accused him of washtrading and selling unregistered securities in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The fear of arrest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/finance\/currencies\/justin-sun-trump-crypto-dinner-7efd5367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> spooked him from returning to the country, even causing him to <a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/did-justin-sun-even-attend-donald-trumps-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">miss<\/a> Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Sun, however, his SEC case has been \u201cstayed\u201d after he made <a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/justin-sun-takes-on-elon-musk-in-race-to-be-trumps-top-donor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">numerous<\/a> multi-million dollar investments into Trump\u2019s crypto ventures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This means that, as things stand, the controversial crypto billionaire is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/news\/new-shepard-ns-34-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">off<\/a> to space later this year as part of Jeff Bezos\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/videos\/cr5dr518zmpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ozone-depleting<\/a> spaceflight program, Blue Origin.<\/p>\n<p>He teased the flight in an X post made in May, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/justinsuntron\/status\/1928141789203992864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writing<\/a>, \u201cHello @BlueOrigin <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f44b.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4b\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/>Big things coming? I\u2019m excited!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f680.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude80\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> Meet the New Shepard NS-34 crew: Arvi Bahal, G\u00f6khan Erdem, Deborah Martorell, Lionel Pitchford, J.D. Russell, and H.E. Justin Sun. Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/geIhqUDQ0R\">https:\/\/t.co\/geIhqUDQ0R<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T1bv4a3ukh\">pic.twitter.com\/T1bv4a3ukh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blue Origin (@blueorigin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blueorigin\/status\/1947306245557281274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/justin-sun-takes-on-elon-musk-in-race-to-be-trumps-top-donor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justin Sun takes on Elon Musk in race to be Trump\u2019s top donor<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sun was supposed to be on the first flight, alongside Bezos, in 2021, but <a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/justin-suns-28-million-trip-to-nowhere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> <strong>couldn\u2019t make it due to \u201cscheduling conflicts.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Months before he bid on that ticket, his company Poloniex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2021-147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">settled<\/a> charges accusing it of operating an unregistered crypto exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Later that year, he resigned as CEO of the Tron Foundation and became Grenada\u2019s ambassador to the World Trade Organization.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Justin Sun is no longer \u2018His Excellency\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Despite his upcoming flight, Blue Origin\u2019s description of Sun appears to be a little out of date.<\/p>\n<p>It still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/news\/new-shepard-ns-34-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">describes<\/a> him as \u201cAmbassador and former Permanent Representative of Grenada to the World Trade Organization,\u201d and refers to him by the title \u201cHis Excellency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he actually lost both of these titles when his <strong>ambassadorship was <a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/scoop-justin-sun-falsely-claimed-diplomatic-immunity-in-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revoked<\/a> in 2022<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-protos wp-block-embed-protos\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wE8XdvGl0J\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/former-grenada-ambassador-justin-sun-is-entering-a-world-of-pain\/\">Former Grenada ambassador Justin Sun is entering a world of pain<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/scoop-justin-sun-falsely-claimed-diplomatic-immunity-in-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scoop: Justin Sun falsely claimed diplomatic immunity in lawsuit<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sun previously <a href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/former-grenada-ambassador-justin-sun-is-entering-a-world-of-pain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pretended<\/a> to be the Ambassador of Grenada online in the months after his title was revoked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Got a tip? Send us an email securely via\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/leaks.protos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Protos Leaks<\/em><\/a><em>. 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Sun has avoided the US for years after the SEC accused him of washtrading and selling unregistered securities in 2023. 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