Tether 誓言对抗摄氏度 $3.3B 的“勒索”诉讼

周五，Celsius 请求美国法院命令 Tether 放弃总计 57,428.64 枚比特币。

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.

加密货币稳定币发行商 Tether 表示，将应对破产的加密货币贷款机构摄氏度提起的诉讼，称其为在美国法院提交文件寻求收回已清算的比特币后的“勒索”尝试。

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.

周五，Celsius 向纽约南区美国破产法院提交了一项动议，寻求从 Tether 追回总计 57,428.64 枚比特币 (BTC)，即“所有比特币的现值”，目前价值约为 33 亿美元。

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.

诉讼称，Celsius和Tether之间的贷款协议允许Celsius借用稳定币“以运营其业务的某些关键方面”。然而，根据在摄氏度破产前“90 天”提交的文件称，当 2022 年中期市场崩溃时，Tether 据称对比特币进行了“优惠和欺诈性转移”，以保护自己免受即将到来的破产的影响。

"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.

诉讼称：“具体而言，Tether 在多个场合要求并收到了大量新的增量抵押品，以改善其在即将破产的情况下的地位。”

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还在文件中声称，Tether以每枚平均价格为20,656.88美元的价格使用Celsius的比特币来抵偿其欠下的债务，“远低于6月13日比特币的市场收盘价，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.

文件称：“因此，应该避免这些比特币的优惠和欺诈性转移，并且应该为了摄氏度的遗产利益而收回比特币或其价值。”摄氏还要求赔偿 1 亿美元的违约损失。

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 在其网站上的一份声明中表示，该协议要求“Celsius 在市场崩溃时提供额外的抵押品，以避免其 BTC 被清算”，而“当摄氏度选择不提供额外的 BTC 时，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 在声明中表示：“令人难以置信的是，尽管 BTC 已按照摄氏度的指示并经摄氏度同意以 2022 年 6 月的价格进行清算，但该诉讼现在却要求 Tether 返还价值约 24 亿美元的比特币”，但未透露该诉讼是如何达成的。达 24 亿美元。

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 首席执行官保罗·阿多伊诺 (Paolo Ardoino) 在 X 上发帖称，该诉讼试图要求我们归还为弥补摄氏度的地位而出售的比特币。

"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很多缺陷，我们对合同和行动的可靠性非常有信心……这场诉讼将打到底。重要的是要代表整个行业树立榜样，无耻的抢钱行为是行不通的，”阿尔多伊诺在帖子中说道。

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

去年 11 月，法院批准重组计划后，Celsius 的破产程序正式结束。