加密货币：100亿英镑索赔

竞争上诉法庭（CAT）已将海外资助者遵守诉讼资助者协会行为准则的关键部分作为授予集体诉讼令的条件。

A collective proceedings order has been granted by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) in a £10bn cryptocurrency class action claim against four exchanges.

竞争上诉法庭 (CAT) 已针对针对四家交易所的 100 亿英镑加密货币集体诉讼索赔授予集体诉讼令。

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has made an overseas funder’s compliance with key parts of the Association of Litigation Funders’ code of conduct a condition of granting a collective proceedings order.

竞争上诉法庭（CAT）已将海外资助者遵守诉讼资助者协会行为准则的关键部分作为授予集体诉讼令的条件。

Softwhale Holdings is funding UK litigation for the first time and is not a member of the association.

Softwhale Holdings 首次资助英国诉讼，但并不是该协会的成员。

But it said from an early stage that it would voluntarily comply with the code’s requirements in relation to capital adequacy and case funding and the CAT has stitched this into the fabric of the BSV claim in a ruling late last month.

但它从一开始就表示将自愿遵守该准则有关资本充足性和案件资助的要求，并且 CAT 已在上个月末的一项裁决中将其纳入 BSV 索赔的结构中。

The CAT said it would grant the order once receiving the undertaking, “subject to any points which would cause us to reconsider”.

禁止酷刑委员会表示，一旦收到承诺，它将批准该命令，“但须遵守任何可能导致我们重新考虑的问题”。

The claim alleges that four leading cryptocurrency exchanges – Binance, Bittylicious, Kraken and Shapeshift – colluded to delist cryptocurrency Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) in 2019.

该指控称，四家领先的加密货币交易所——Binance、Bittylicious、Kraken 和 Shapeshift——在 2019 年合谋将加密货币比特币 Satoshi Vision (BSV) 下架。

It is estimated that more than 240,000 investors in the UK suffered losses of around £10bn.

据估计，英国超过24万名投资者遭受了约100亿英镑的损失。

The class representative is Lord Currie, chief executive of BSV Claims and a former chair of the Competition & Markets Authority, while former Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland KC is on the advisory board. London disputes law firm Veltior Law is acting for Lord Currie.

该集体代表是 BSV Claims 首席执行官、竞争与市场管理局前主席柯里勋爵 (Lord Currie)，而前财政大臣罗伯特·巴克兰 (Robert Buckland KC) 是顾问委员会成员。伦敦争议律师事务所 Veltior Law 是柯里勋爵的代理律师。

Softwhale Ventures is part of the Ayre Group, owned by Canadian online gambling billionaire Calvin Ayre, who is also active in bitcoin and blockchain.

Softwhale Ventures 是 Ayre Group 的一部分，该集团的所有者是加拿大在线博彩亿万富翁 Calvin Ayre，他也活跃于比特币和区块链领域。

The CAT ruling said that, while there was “extensive correspondence” from the proposed defendants taking points of objection to the funding arrangements, they did not pursue them at the hearing.

禁止酷刑委员会的裁决称，虽然拟议被告发出了“大量信件”，对资助安排表示反对，但他们并没有在听证会上提出异议。

The original litigation funding agreement was entered into in July 2022 and had to be redrawn following last year’s Supreme Court ruling in PACCAR. It provides up to £18.6m of funding, with Softwhale’s fee calculated by reference to a multiple of the total funding commitment, which the CAT had confirmed did not fall foul of PACCAR.

最初的诉讼资助协议于 2022 年 7 月签订，并在去年最高法院对 PACCAR 案做出裁决后不得不重新起草。它提供了高达 1860 万英镑的资金，Softwhale 的费用是根据总资金承诺的倍数计算的，CAT 已确认这一金额与 PACCAR 没有冲突。

Softwhale’s performance of the agreement is guaranteed by Mt Burgos Holdings Ltd, up to more than £9.8m.

Softwhale 履行该协议由 Mt Burgos Holdings Ltd 提供高达超过 980 万英镑的担保。

The CAT recorded that there was also after-the-event insurance in place, providing cover of £2m up to certification and £14m post-certification. The policy includes an anti-avoidance endorsement.

CAT 记录称，还设立了事后保险，在认证前提供 200 万英镑的保险，在认证后提供 1400 万英镑的保险。该政策包括反避税背书。

If the policy proves insufficient to cover any adverse costs order, a deposit of £5m cash is held in the claim trust account, and the funding agreement includes an undertaking to ensure that the account is maintained at a minimum level of £5m.

如果保单证明不足以支付任何不利费用指令，则索赔信托账户中将保存 500 万英镑现金存款，并且融资协议包括一项承诺，确保该账户维持在 500 万英镑的最低水平。