Publicity stunt master Justin Sun is finally blasting into space on Blue Origin — and you can join him. Vietnam’s new TradFi L1. Asia Express. Crypto exchange HTX (formerly Huobi) said it will send one user a $6 million ticket to blast off to space alongside Justin Sun in July 2025. The campaign will select five additional finalists to join seven previous winners to form a 12-person shortlist. One person will ultimately be chosen to participate in the commercial spaceflight. The exchange has actually been talking about doing this since 2021 when Sun was revealed as the winner of a $28 million auction for a ten minute trip into space. It’s unclear why the trip itself has been delayed so long, but scheduling conflicts have been cited. One bonus for Sun, is that he’s received four years of publicity about the very, very expensive promotion. The latest announcement comes amid renewed scrutiny of space tourism, following Blue Origins NS-31 mission in April that sent pop star Katy Perry, TV host Gayle King, and Jef...
OKX claims to have not received any requests from law enforcement to freeze funds after Tron’s X account was compromised. OKX founder and CEO Star Xu has publicly defended the crypto exchange after Tron founder Justin Sun accused it of failing to act on a law enforcement request to freeze stolen funds following a recent hack of Tron’s official X account. “OKX also has consumers protection policy according to law, we can’t freeze a customer’s funds according to your personal X post or an oral communication. I think you should understand it as the CEO of HTX,” Xu said in an X post. Xu said that the crypto exchange had not received any related correspondence through OKX’s official channels. “Our LE cooperation team just checked the email, including the spam box; we haven’t received any request related with this case,” Xu said. Read more