A marketplace claiming to be the “largest NFT trading platform on TRON” has managed to record just four sales transactions over the past month. That is the current reality of AINFT, an NFT marketplace owned by crypto mogul Justin Sun, whose data was revealed in a report by Protos in early July.
From APENFT to AINFT, Rebranded but Still Deserted
AINFT was previously named APENFT, launched in 2021 as a showcase for Sun’s high-priced digital art collection - including pieces he purchased for exorbitant sums at auctions. In 2025, the platform was rebranded with an “AI” twist to follow current trends. However, the rebranding did not change its fortunes: according to data gathered directly from the marketplace, only four NFTs across two different collections were sold in the past 30 days, generating a total volume of 5,434 TRON - equivalent to roughly $1,775 or under Rp30 million. Of that total, only two transactions occurred in the past week.
Sun Pump Proves Just as Quiet
A similar fate has met Sun Pump, Sun’s meme token launchpad designed to compete with pump.fun. Data from a Dune Analytics dashboard shows the platform generated just $196 in revenue over the last seven days - with daily revenue dropping as low as $3 on June 10. Out of 36 tokens featured on the platform, 18 are themed around Justin Sun himself, while the rest revolve around USDT themes or mustache imagery - highlighting the lack of creator diversity genuinely interested in using the platform.
Grand Claims, Bleak On-Chain Reality
The contrast between the “largest platform” marketing rhetoric and on-chain reality reinforces a pattern long suspected across the crypto community: several Justin Sun projects are heavy on narrative but light on actual adoption. Justin Sun himself is widely known as a digital art collector fond of winning expensive auctions, and that reputation has served as key marketing fuel for AINFT - as if his personal activity would automatically spark organic market momentum on his own platform. Yet on-chain data does not lie. The vast disparity between grand narratives and single-digit transaction volume also reflects a broader hurdle facing non-Ethereum NFT marketplaces: struggling to attract liquidity and an active collector community despite having a prominent figure behind them. For NFT market observers, the case of AINFT serves as a clear example of how easily the “largest” label is claimed, yet how easily it is debunked simply by looking at the on-chain data itself.
Reported via Protos.
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