Justin Sun wants him to travel more. But there is a lot to do.
“There are many excitement things that happen in crypto each week,” he said in an interview in December at CoinDesk at home in Hong Kong. “I don’t really take vacation time. It’s hard to stay away for a week.”
If the sun was taking an extended vacation, maybe to Mars, he said. But only for a two-way journey.
“I think the only thing (that) can change my mind in crypto is the exploration of Mars,” he said.
The founder of Tron said crypto trading would be tough on the red planet because its distance from the ground meant a significant lag time. “I’m not going to die on Mars.”
However, it would not be as bad as Coinbase trading in 2013. It was the first days when the orders of the books were thin and before matching the machines were invented.
“In 2013, if you want to sell Bitcoin to Coinbase, they have been waiting for you for a week to find out if it was sold,” he said. “You need to set a price range, and they’ll know you later about sale and final price.”
“It’s like being on Mars.”
All crypto
You can see why the Sun has no time for travel.
The Tron Founder is relentless. Ever since the blockchain was promoted in 2017, Sun has established himself as one of the most influential people in Asian Crypto. His X account has 3.7 million followers. Tron has 125 million active users. More than $ 50 billion in USDT was exchanged with the network day -day.
Around the Sun, there is a universe of affiliates and advised companies, such as HTX (Exchange), BitGo (Caution) and Rainberry (former BitTorrent Inc., with a crypto connection even though it is a service of P2P file sharing).
However, when CoinDesk sets up an interview with Sun, the idea is to see if Defi’s face in Asia is talking about something else than Crypto.
Surely there is more to men than digital ownership, right?
We gave up for ten minutes.
For the day, everything in life is touching the crypto, and crypto holds everything in life.
Even Art.
The sun, an avid collector, owns Picasso and Warhol’s works. She is Recently purchased.
Which has become a metaphor of bitcoin.
“The banana on the wall is not about the physical artwork itself. It’s a concept, an image, rather than something physical,” he said.
“When I first learned about Bitcoin, I thought it was cool because you could pass the customs without anyone knowing you were rich. It was freedom. Bananas had the same effect.”
Unless, if someone eats it, as the sun did.
“This type of concept art is new to regulation. It’s not about the physical piece. It’s about the concept,” he said. “Regulators don’t know how to handle it, like they don’t know how to handle crypto. No matter what laws or rules you imposed, you can’t stop someone from taping a banana on a wall. “
Playing is not escape
Back IRL, the Sun has a soft place for the Caribbean. Thank you for his obsession with Tropico, A game of world simulation Set in the Cold War Tropics, this is a region he visits as a virtual dictator under the rules of the game. But the sun prefers geopolitical neutrality.
“I run a neutral island, pleasing both the US and the Soviet Union by providing each island for their military bases,” he said. “Because, why not? They will pay me for it.”
Sun said he was a PC Maxi, and not a console gamer. It was steam for her, not Xbox live. Aside from Tropico, he is a fan of the turn-based approach to the IV civilization game. Sometimes he played 24 hours straight.
“Another turn, another,” he continued. He found the game that was addictive because it reminded him of what he was doing in the real world.
Justin Sun is not worshiped around the world in the crypto world. But few can move away.
“Justin Sun is like an episode of Game of Thrones,” the man said. “No matter what you think of him, you have to keep watching.”
Recently, he rode Bitcoiners by his investment in BitGo, supporting Bitcoin (WBTC) wrapped in trading infrastructure that gives Bitcoin’s liquidity to the Defi.
Almost immediately after it was announced, the worst Sun critics came out of the woodwork of all kinds of crazy accusations.
Coinbase, with its own packaged BTC product, removed the Sun version, citing “list standards.” The Sun and Coinbase are now continuing their court argument.
CEO of bitgo Mike Belshe called the Sun’s powerful critic. “Intellectually dishonest.” They all had their own token to play, he said.
Back to Game of Thrones.
In the early days of the show, it appeared that the writers set Ned Stark’s character as a lead – until he was beheaded until the end of ancient times.
“I thought, ‘This should be a mistake. Something is coming and saying that everything is misunderstanding.’ But no … He’s really gone! “
This surprise was hooked audiences and made Game of Thrones one of the highest-rated network history shows, beat Sopranos, and kept viewers glued to the very end.
To really understand – and judge – Sun, wait until the final stage.
