Tether 誓言對抗攝氏 $3.3B 的「勒索」訴訟

週五，Celsius 請求美國法院命令 Tether 放棄總計 57,428.64 枚比特幣。

Crypto stablecoin issuer Tether said it will fight a lawsuit filed by bankrupt crypto lender Celsius, calling it a “shakedown” attempt after the U.S. court filing sought to reclaim bitcoin that was already liquidated.

加密貨幣穩定幣發行商 Tether 表示，將應對破產的加密貨幣貸款機構攝氏度提起的訴訟，稱其為在美國法院提交文件尋求收回已清算的比特幣後的「勒索」嘗試。

Celsius filed a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday, seeking to recover a total of 57,428.64 bitcoin (BTC) from Tether, or the “present value of all Bitcoin,” which currently stands at about $3.3 billion.

週五，Celsius 向紐約南區美國破產法院提交了一項動議，尋求從 Tether 追回總計 57,428.64 枚比特幣 (BTC)，即“所有比特幣的現值”，目前價值約為 33 億美元。

The loan agreement between Celsius and Tether allowed Celsius to borrow stablecoins “to operate certain critical aspects of its business,” the lawsuit stated. However, when the market crashed in mid-2022, Tether allegedly made “preferential and fraudulent transfers” of bitcoin to protect itself from the impending bankruptcy, according to the filing, which was filed "ninety days" prior to Celsius' bankruptcy.

訴訟稱，Celsius和Tether之間的貸款協議允許Celsius借用穩定幣「以運營其業務的某些關鍵方面」。然而，根據在攝氏度破產前“90 天”提交的文件稱，當2022 年中期市場崩潰時，Tether 據稱對比特幣進行了“優惠和欺詐性轉移”，以保護自己免受即將到來的破產的影響。

"Specifically, on several occasions, Tether demanded, and received, a significant amount of new, incremental collateral to improve its position in the impending bankruptcy," the lawsuit stated.

訴訟稱：“具體而言，Tether 在多個場合要求並收到了大量新的增量抵押品，以改善其在即將破產的情況下的地位。”

Celsius also claimed in the filing that Tether applied Celsius’s bitcoin against obligations owed to it at an average price of $20,656.88 each, “considerably less than Bitcoin’s market closing price on June 13th, to wit: $22,487.39.”

Celeste也在文件中聲稱，Tether以每枚平均價格為20,656.88美元的價格使用Celsius的比特幣來抵償其欠下的債務，「遠低於6月13日比特幣的市場收盤價，即：22,487.39美元。

"Thus, these preferential and fraudulent transfers of Bitcoin should be avoided, and the Bitcoin or its value should be recovered for the benefit of Celsius’s estate," the filing stated. Celsius also requested $100 million in damages for breaches of contract.

文件稱：“因此，應該避免這些比特幣的優惠和欺詐性轉移，並且應該為了攝氏度的遺產利益而收回比特幣或其價值。”攝氏還要求賠償 1 億美元的違約損失。

Tether said in a statement on its website that the agreement required “Celsius to post additional collateral to avoid the liquidation of its BTC” when the market crashed, and “when Celsius chose not to post additional BTC it directed Tether to liquidate the BTC collateral Tether held.”

Tether 在其網站上的聲明中表示，該協議要求“Celsius 在市場崩潰時提供額外的抵押品，以避免其BTC 被清算”，而“當攝氏度選擇不提供額外的BTC 時，它指示Tether清算BTC 抵押品”握住。”

"This lawsuit incredibly now seeks the return of approximately US$2.4 billion worth of BTC from Tether, despite the BTC being liquidated at Celsius’ direction and with Celsius’ consent at June 2022 prices," Tether said in the statement, without disclosing how it arrived at the $2.4 billion figure.

Tether 在聲明中表示：「令人難以置信的是，儘管BTC 已按照攝氏度的指示並經攝氏度同意以2022 年6 月的價格進行清算，但該訴訟現在卻要求Tether 返還價值約24 億美元的比特幣”，但未透露該訴訟是如何達成的。達 24 億美元。

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a post on X that the lawsuit is trying to claim that we should give back the bitcoin that were sold to cover Celsius’ position.

Tether 執行長 Paolo Ardoino 在 X 上發文稱，該訴訟試圖要求我們歸還為彌補攝氏度的地位而出售的比特幣。

"There are plenty of flaws in the claimant’s filing and we're very confident in the solidity of our contract and our actions ... This lawsuit will be fought till the end. It's important to set an example on behalf of the entire industry that shameless money grabs will not work," Ardoino said in the post.

「原告提交的文件存在許多缺陷，我們對合約和行動的可靠性非常有信心……這場訴訟將打到底。重要的是要代表整個行業樹立榜樣，無恥的搶錢行為是行不通的，」阿爾多伊諾在帖子中說道。

Celsius' bankruptcy was officially closed after a court approved a reorganization plan in November.

去年 11 月，法院批准重整計畫後，Celsius 的破產程序正式結束。