Justin Sun, Bloomberg in legal dispute over billionaires index

Justin Sun accused Bloomberg in court of wrongly publishing information about his crypto holdings. The news outlet said it’s planning to fight back.

Justin Sun, founder of the Tron blockchain, has sued Bloomberg and sought a temporary restraining order, alleging it published false and private financial information in its billionaires list.

Sun’s representatives said on Tuesday in a blog post by Tron that his profile on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index released on Monday had “published inaccurate data that dramatically and dangerously misrepresents Mr. Sun’s assets.”

Sun sued Bloomberg in a Delaware federal court on Monday, asking a judge to stop it from publishing the information, claiming the action was to prevent the outlet from “recklessly and improperly disclosing his highly confidential, sensitive, private, and proprietary financial information.”

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