According to ChainCatcher, the Sun Yuchen team pressured its new parent company Bullish to delete related articles due to dissatisfaction with CoinDesk's reporting, as reported by Fortune. The article detailed Sun Yuchen's purchase of a banana artwork for $6.2 million and his subsequent consumption of it, while also mentioning his legal disputes with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and controversies surrounding 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 it would operate as an independent subsidiary. However, this incident has heightened tensions between the media and its parent company. CoinDesk's editorial board chair, Matt Murray, has resigned, and Bullish has not commented on the incident.