迪拜法院裁定加密货币是一种有效的工资支付形式

这可以为阿拉伯联合酋长国树立一个强有力的先例。

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.

迪拜一家法院裁定，加密货币是一种有效的工资支付形式——即使该代币没有明确的价值。这可以为阿拉伯联合酋长国树立一个强有力的先例。

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).

在迪拜，一名前雇员起诉一家公司，指控其不当解雇以及没有收到他的工资或承诺的奖金。该案的独特之处在于，部分工资同意以传统法定货币支付，并奖励 5,250 个 EcoWatt 代币（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.

雇主拒绝向雇员支付六个月到期的 EcoWatt 代币。但随着原告的主张，法院的立场发生了重大改变。

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，迪拜一家法院在另一名员工的诉讼中处理了 EcoWatt 代币。它裁定，虽然 EWT 代币是雇佣合同的一部分，但它不承认雇主欠这些代币，因为雇员没有向法院提供计算 EcoWatt 代币明确价值的方法。

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 代币应该是具有全球影响力的“可再生能源、气候行动和社会项目平台”的一部分。但由于流行语和人工智能生成的图像密度很高，这家在立陶宛维尔纽斯注册的公司到底是做什么的，以及 EWT 代币与其有什么关系，仍然是不透明和不值得信任的。与迪拜的联系也仍然模糊，特别是考虑到为什么迪拜的一家公司向其员工承诺提供 EWT 奖金，但却没有支付。

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.

该代币本身在 Polygon 上流通，并于大约三年前在那里铸造。近 79% 的代币供应由一个地址持有，另外两个地址持有 11% 和 4.3%。只有一小部分在公开市场上流通。无论是去中心化交易所还是中心化交易所，代币都没有价格。因此，雇主支付代币是不切实际的，特别是出于税收原因。去年，法院驳回了这些指控，因为没有证据表明这些代币具有任何价值。

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，另一名员工提起了类似的诉讼，涉及 EWT 代币奖金。但这一次，法院做出了有利于该员工的裁决。它承认 EcoWatt 代币是工资的一部分，并下令直接以代币形式支付，而不是以法定货币形式支付。

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.

观察家认为这是一个开创性的决定。阿拉伯联合酋长国不仅承认加密货币是一种支付手段，也可以成为雇佣合同的一部分，而且可能是有史以来第一个下令将其作为代币本身支付的法院。这可能是法院第一次强制要求使用区块链支付。这确实可以被视为一个突破——不仅仅是迪拜。