Last year, Justin Sun was facing a federal investigation into his crypto empire, to the point that he avoided entering the US. Now, his company is going to be publicly listed on the American stock markets – and reportedly with the assistance of Eric Trump.

Justin Sun, the China-born crypto entrepreneur with ties to the Trump family who saw a federal investigation of his business interests paused earlier this year, is set to take his Tron blockchain platform public in the US through a reverse merger.

Crypto billionaire Justin Sun’s Tron group will go public through a reverse merger with a small Nasdaq-listed toy company, the latest move by the Chinese-born tycoon to bring his digital-currency empire to the U.