Justin Sun caused the value of both TRON and BitTorrent to jump on Sunday morning after announcing that he might share a "Huge" announcement on Twitter in the next few days.
Tron's Justin Sun pumps TRX by announcing a possible announcement.
Justin Sun, the founder of Tron and one of the most vocal crypto personalities on Twitter, caused quite a stir in the crypto community.
On Sunday, May 26, Sun posted a tweet saying that "Something huge and amazing" is going to happen with Tron and BitTorrent.
Teasing a possible future announcement isn't anything new to Sun, who has become an internet meme in the crypto industry due to his sensationalist tweets.
Sun's latest announcement was more cryptic than usual, as he even noted that there was only a "70 percent chance to win and nail it."
Sun's tweets caused quite a reaction on social media, with many users mocking him for basically announcing an announcement that won't happen for days.
Others have pointed out that the move was a marketing ploy used to pump the value of TRX and BTT.TRX and BTT jump after Sun's announcement teaser.
Sun released yet another announcement in the early hours of May 27, revealing the "First scalable file decentralized system," the BitTorrent File System, will go live in the next 3 days.
BTFS will have around 100 million user nodes, Sun said, making it the largest decentralized peer-to-peer network.
Justin Sun announces an announcement, TRON and BitTorrent jump
Udgivet den May 27, 2019
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