伊隆馬斯克和他的電動車公司特斯拉成功清除了一項指控他們人為抬高狗狗幣價格的訴訟。
A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accused Elon Musk and his electric vehicle company, Tesla, of inflating the price of Dogecoin with their statements and actions, leading to a $258 billion pyramid scheme. The lawsuit, filed in June 2022, alleged that Musk and Tesla drove up the price of the meme cryptocurrency through a "pump and dump" scheme, ultimately defrauding investors who lost significant amounts after investing in Dogecoin, largely due to Musk's tweets.
一名美國法官駁回了一項訴訟,該訴訟指控馬斯克及其電動汽車公司特斯拉透過其聲明和行動抬高狗狗幣的價格,從而導致價值 2580 億美元的傳銷。該訴訟於2022 年6 月提起,指控馬斯克和特斯拉透過「拉高拋售」計畫推高了這種meme 加密貨幣的價格,最終欺騙了投資者,他們在投資狗狗幣後損失慘重,這主要是由於馬斯克的推文。
The plaintiffs claimed that Musk's statements, such as "One word: Doge," in a 2021 tweet, were aimed at attracting investors and artificially inflating the price of Dogecoin. The lawsuit also highlighted Musk's announcement that Tesla would begin accepting Dogecoin for merchandise, which they claimed further boosted its value.
原告聲稱,馬斯克在 2021 年的推文中發表的言論,例如“一個詞:Doge”,旨在吸引投資者並人為抬高狗狗幣的價格。該訴訟還強調了馬斯克宣布特斯拉將開始接受狗狗幣作為商品,他們聲稱這進一步提高了其價值。
However, US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled on August 29 that Musk's social media posts were "aspirational" rather than "factual and susceptible to being falsified." In his dismissal, the judge stated that "no reasonable investor could rely upon them." This decision effectively clears Musk and Tesla from the lawsuit, which was filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan) and is officially titled Johnson v. Musk, 22-cv-05037.
然而,美國地區法官阿爾文·海勒斯坦 (Alvin Hellerstein) 8 月 29 日裁定,馬斯克的社交媒體帖子是“理想的”,而不是“事實且容易被偽造”。法官在駁回判決時表示,“任何理性的投資者都不能依賴他們。”這項決定有效地使馬斯克和特斯拉免於訴訟,該訴訟已向美國紐約南區(曼哈頓)地方法院提起,正式名稱為約翰遜訴馬斯克,22-cv-05037。
The lawsuit had also accused Musk and Tesla of engaging in a "pump and dump" scheme with Dogecoin, but Judge Hellerstein stated that it was "not possible to understand" these allegations. Despite the dismissal, plaintiffs' attorney Evan Spencer expressed disappointment and said that they planned to appeal the decision. In response to the judge's ruling that Musk's statements were merely aspirations, Spencer argued that "Musk's statements and publications were far more than puffery, and a class of millions lost billions of dollars as a result."
該訴訟還指控馬斯克和特斯拉利用狗狗幣參與「拉高和拋售」計劃,但海勒斯坦法官表示,「不可能理解」這些指控。儘管被駁回,原告律師埃文·斯賓塞仍表示失望,並表示他們計劃對該決定提出上訴。針對法官裁定馬斯克的言論只是願望,斯賓塞辯稱,“馬斯克的言論和出版物不僅僅是吹噓,數百萬人因此損失了數十億美元。”