Trump family crypto venture World Liberty Financial Inc. is facing an investor revolt led by billionaire Tron founder Justin Sun, one of the project’s earliest and largest backers. The controversy arose after WLFI took out a $75 million loan backed by three billion of its own WLFI governance tokens, shortly before a large block of tokens is due to be unlocked for sale on the open market — something that usually drives a token’s price down as holders are finally allowed to sell. WLFI issues the USD1 stablecoin, which has a market cap of just over $4 billion. The problem with the loan, critics say, is that it could let…
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