杜拜法院裁定加密貨幣是一種有效的工資支付形式

這可以為阿拉伯聯合大公國樹立一個強而有力的先例。

A court in Dubai has ruled that cryptocurrencies are a valid form of salary payment – even if there is no clear value for the token. This could set a strong precedent for the United Arab Emirates.

杜拜一家法院裁定，加密貨幣是一種有效的工資支付形式——即使該代幣沒有明確的價值。這可以為阿拉伯聯合大公國樹立一個強而有力的先例。

In Dubai, a former employee sued a company for wrongful termination and for not receiving his salary or promised bonuses. The unique aspect of the case was that part of the salary was agreed to be paid in a traditional fiat currency and a bonus of 5,250 EcoWatt tokens (EWT).

在杜拜，一名前員工起訴一家公司，指控其不當解僱以及沒有收到他的工資或承諾的獎金。本案的獨特之處在於，部分薪資同意以傳統法定貨幣支付，並獎勵 5,250 個 EcoWatt 代幣（EWT）。

The employer had resisted paying the employee the EcoWatt tokens that were due for six months. But following the plaintiff's claim, the court changed its stance significantly.

雇主拒絕向員工支付六個月到期的 EcoWatt 代幣。但隨著原告的主張，法院的立場發生了重大改變。

Just last year, a court in Dubai dealt with EcoWatt tokens in another employee's lawsuit. It ruled that while the EWT tokens were part of the employment contract, it did not recognize that the employer owed them because the employee did not provide the court with a method to calculate a clear value for the EcoWatt tokens.

就在去年，杜拜一家法院在另一名員工的訴訟中處理了 EcoWatt 代幣。它裁定，雖然 EWT 代幣是僱傭合約的一部分，但它不承認雇主欠這些代幣，因為員工沒有向法院提供計算 EcoWatt 代幣明確價值的方法。

No wonder. The EWT tokens from EcoWatt are supposed to be part of a „platform for renewable energy, climate action, and social projects“ with a worldwide reach. But what exactly the company, registered in Vilnius, Lithuania, does and what the EWT token has to do with it remains opaque and untrustworthy due to the high density of buzzwords and AI-generated images. The connection to Dubai also remains vague, especially considering why a company in Dubai would promise its employees a bonus in EWT and then fail to pay it.

怪不得。 EcoWatt 的 EWT 代幣應該是具有全球影響力的「再生能源、氣候行動和社會計畫平台」的一部分。但由於流行語和人工智慧生成的圖像密度很高，這家在立陶宛維爾紐斯註冊的公司到底是做什麼的，以及 EWT 代幣與其有什麼關係，仍然是不透明和不值得信任的。與杜拜的聯繫也仍然模糊，特別是考慮到為什麼杜拜的一家公司向員工承諾提供 EWT 獎金，但卻沒有支付。

The token itself circulates on Polygon and was minted there about three years ago. Almost 79 percent of the token supply is held by one address, with two others holding 11 and 4.3 percent. Only a small remaining portion circulates in the open market. There is no price for the token on either decentralized or centralized exchanges. Hence, it is impractical for the employer to pay the token, especially for tax reasons. Last year, the court dismissed the claims, seeing no proof that the tokens had any value.

該代幣本身在 Polygon 上流通，並於大約三年前在那裡鑄造。近 79% 的代幣供應由一個地址持有，另外兩個地址持有 11% 和 4.3%。只有一小部分在公開市場上流通。無論是去中心化交易所還是中心化交易所，代幣都沒有價格。因此，雇主支付代幣是不切實際的，特別是出於稅收原因。去年，法院駁回了這些指控，因為沒有證據表明這些代幣具有任何價值。

This year, another employee filed a similar lawsuit involving a bonus in EWT tokens. But this time, the court ruled in favor of the employee. It recognized that EcoWatt tokens were part of the salary and ordered that they be paid directly as tokens rather than in fiat money.

今年，另一名員工提起了類似的訴訟，涉及 EWT 代幣獎金。但這一次，法院做出了有利於該員工的裁決。它承認 EcoWatt 代幣是工資的一部分，並下令直接以代幣形式支付，而不是以法定貨幣支付。

Observers see this as a groundbreaking decision. The United Arab Emirates not only accepts that cryptocurrencies are a means of payment that can also be part of an employment contract, but they might be the first court ever to order that it be paid as the token itself. This might be the first time a court mandates a blockchain payment. This can indeed be seen as a breakthrough – not just for Dubai.

觀察家認為這是一個開創性的決定。阿拉伯聯合大公國不僅承認加密貨幣是一種支付手段，也可以成為僱傭合約的一部分，而且可能是有史以來第一個下令將其作為代幣本身支付的法院。這可能是法院第一次強制要求使用區塊鏈支付。這確實可以被視為一個突破——不僅僅是杜拜。