Binance赢得了比特币SV投资者的部分驳回诉讼

英国上诉法院部分驳回了比特币SV投资者对主要加密交易所的诉讼

The United Kingdom’s Court of Appeal has partially dismissed a lawsuit brought by Bitcoin SV (BSV) investors against major cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance, for allegedly conspiring to delist the token in 2019.

英国上诉法院部分驳回了比特币SV（BSV）投资者提起的诉讼，因为据称涉嫌串谋在2019年串谋将代币推荐给了包括二手股份在内的主要加密货币交易所。

The case, which began in 2019 and saw investors attempt to resurrect the suit in 2023, was initially filed by several BSV investors who claimed they suffered billions of pounds in damages as a result of the delisting.

该案始于2019年，并看到投资者试图在2023年复活该诉讼，最初是由几位BSV投资者提起的，他们声称由于淘汰，他们遭受了数十亿英镑的损失。

The lower court ruled in favor of the investors, but the Court of Appeal partially reversed that decision, striking out claims for speculative damages and upholding the application of the market mitigation rule.

下级法院裁定有利于投资者，但上诉法院部分扭转了这一决定，提出了投机性损害赔偿的索赔，并坚持了市场缓解规则的应用。

Investors aiming to claim speculative damages were those who held BSV through the delisting period and were classified as “sub-class B.”

旨在要求投机性损害赔偿的投资者是那些在此期间持有BSV的人，并被归类为“子类B”。

These investors claimed over 8.9 billion British pounds ($11.9 billion) in damages, asserting that Binance’s delisting deprived holders of the chance to profit from BSV’s potential rise to a “top-tier cryptocurrency” like Bitcoin (BTC) or Bitcoin Cash (BCH).

这些投资者声称，超过89亿英镑（119亿美元）的损害赔偿金，声称Binance将剥夺的持有人从BSV的潜在上升到“顶级加密货币”（如比特币（BTC）或比特币现金（BCH）（BCH）等“顶级加密货币”。

The court rejected this “foregone growth effect” theory, stating, “BSV was obviously not a unique cryptocurrency without reasonably similar substitutes,” pointing out the representative’s own use of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash as comparators.

法院驳回了这种“已延长的增长效应”理论，称：“ BSV显然不是一个独特的加密货币，而没有相似的替代品”，指出代表自己将比特币现金和比特币现金用作比较者。

Sub-class B’s central claim was that delisting led to a missed opportunity to benefit from price appreciation. However, the court determined that these investors had ample chance to mitigate losses by selling or reinvesting in other crypto assets.

子级B的中心主张是，脱颖而出导致错过的机会从价格赞赏中受益。但是，法院裁定，这些投资者有足够的机会通过在其他加密资产中出售或重新投资来减轻损失。

“They had a duty to mitigate their losses,” wrote Master of the Rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos. “They cannot recover losses that they could reasonably have mitigated.”

“他们有责任减轻损失，”劳斯·沃斯·沃斯爵士爵士大师写道。 “他们无法收回能够合理减轻的损失。”

The appeal also challenged the Tribunal’s application of the “market mitigation rule,” arguing that such issues should be left for trial.

上诉还质疑法庭对“市场缓解规则”的适用，认为这些问题应进行审判。

The court dismissed that notion, stating the rule clearly applies to freely tradable assets like BSV, and that the damages must be measured shortly after the delisting.

法院驳回了该概念，并指出该规则明显适用于BSV等可自由交易的资产，并且损害赔偿必须在提取后不久衡量。

An additional argument concerning the “loss of a chance” to benefit from future price gains was also struck down. The court ruled it “flawed as a matter of principle,” noting that “cryptocurrencies are, by their nature, volatile investments.”

关于“失去机会”从未来价格上涨中受益的另一个论点也被击倒了。法院裁定“原则上有缺陷”，并指出“从本质上讲，加密货币是动荡的投资”。

Binance’s limited strike-out application ultimately succeeded, with the court stating that even if some holders were unaware of the delisting, “they could never claim more than the total value of their holding before the delisting events plus any quantifiable consequential losses.”

Binance的有限罢工申请最终取得了成功，法院指出，即使某些持有人不知道这些持有人，“他们永远不会索取超过其持有的总价值，并在挑剔的事件前加上任何可量化的后果损失。”