PANews reported on December 19 that according to Fortune, Sun Yuchen's team was dissatisfied with the report published by CoinDesk and put pressure on his new owner Bullish to delete the relevant article. The article detailed Sun Yuchen's behavior of eating the art banana he bought for $6.2 million, and also mentioned his legal dispute with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the controversy of the Tron blockchain. After the article was deleted, the CoinDesk editorial team expressed concerns about independence.
Bullish acquired CoinDesk for $75 million last year and promised to operate it as an independent subsidiary. However, this incident has exacerbated tensions between the media and its owner. Matt Murray, chairman of the CoinDesk editorial board, has resigned, and Bullish has not commented on the incident.
