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Sun joined Ripple Labs as a chief representative and adviser in Greater China at the end of 2013, according to his LinkedIn page. He worked at the cryptocurrency startup which has received backing from Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and other blue-chip investors for just over two years. Sun also founded Callme or Peiwo, China s largest voice live-streaming app, in 2013.
In July 2017, Sun founded the Tron Foundation, a blockchain company with its own cryptocurrency that is dedicated to building the infrastructure for a truly decentralized Internet, his LinkedIn page states. Less than a year later, Tron acquired BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file-sharing service, for around $126 million, according to TechCrunch. Sun currently serves as CEO of Peiwo, Tron, and BitTorrent, now known as Rainberry.