{"id":54876,"date":"2021-12-17T14:59:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T12:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=54876"},"modified":"2025-09-03T22:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:35:16","slug":"justin-sun-to-leave-tron-foundation-and-become-grenadas-wto-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/justin-sun-to-leave-tron-foundation-and-become-grenadas-wto-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Sun to leave TRON Foundation and become Grenada\u2019s WTO representative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRON founder Justin Sun has announced he will leave the TRON Foundation and take up the post of Grenada&#8217;s representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(1\/6)\u2709\ufe0fDear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TRONICS?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TRONICS<\/a>, developers, and all my friends:<\/p>\n<p>I am thrilled to share with everyone about the significant milestone of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TRON?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TRON<\/a> protocol and my appointment as the Ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>?The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TRON?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TRON<\/a> blockchain protocol is now essentially decentralized. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g9xh9WW0iE\">pic.twitter.com\/g9xh9WW0iE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 H.E. Justin Sun?(hiring) (@justinsuntron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinsuntron\/status\/1471802392673161218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to him, he is not leaving the project, but \u201crather stepping back from active involvement in it and from a leadership role.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI will still engage with the TRON community and strive for further advancement of the blockchain,\u201d Sun wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m not retiring from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TRON?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TRON<\/a>, but rather stepping down from an active involvement to serve as leader and supporter role now that the TRON network has been truly decentralized.<\/p>\n<p>I will still be engaged with the TRON community and push for further advancement of the TRON blockchain. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kMcnZ18flK\">https:\/\/t.co\/kMcnZ18flK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 H.E. Justin Sun?(hiring) (@justinsuntron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinsuntron\/status\/1471804609987756032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He noted that his decision contributes to the decentralisation of the TRON network, which is governed by 27 elected \u201csuper representatives.\u201d TRON Foundation and BitTorrent had previously fallen out of the 27 elected.<\/p>\n<p>In the new role Sun intends to advocate for the interests of developing countries and promote blockchain technology at the WTO. In an interview with CoinDesk he said he also plans to work on legitimising cryptocurrencies in Latin American countries after <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/el-salvador-legalises-bitcoin-as-government-buys-550-btc\">\u201cthe success of El Salvador\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Against the backdrop of the news, the TRX token price plunged from around $0.085 to near $0.082.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/u488C5RXTXS5SXqctDd2DAEyZrMMlfV8hf1XfYdG3oyDx1h1e06kH2DnsGInVxEjfZGpTor_NEHt1MAuvmzziTzWjD9t8OWnRLSa4y5VB2dPpvW7MKlbe_yhh8dMqemvL2K-3z5q\" alt=\"Justin Sun announces departure from TRON Foundation\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">TRX\/USDT hourly chart on Bingbon. Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier in July, Sun <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/justin-sun-reveals-involvement-in-a-research-project-at-the-communist-party-of-china\">spoke about participating in a research project<\/a> at the Central Party School, which trains cadres for the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRON founder Justin Sun announced that he would leave the TRON Foundation and take up the post of Grenada&#8217;s representative to the World Trade Organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1302,951],"class_list":["post-54876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-justin-sun","tag-tron"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"26","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54878,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54876\/revisions\/54878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}