投资者放弃指控埃隆·马斯克操纵狗狗币的诉讼

加密货币投资者称世界首富及其电动汽车公司特斯拉犯有欺诈和内幕交易行为，他们正在撤回上诉。

Investors in the cryptocurrency Dogecoin who accused Elon Musk and his electric car company Tesla of fraud and insider trading are withdrawing their appeal from an August 29 dismissal of their case.

指控埃隆·马斯克及其电动汽车公司特斯拉欺诈和内幕交易的加密货币狗狗币投资者正在撤回对 8 月 29 日驳回案件的上诉。

The investors, who were seeking class-action status, had also asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan to sanction Musk’s lawyers for allegedly interfering with the appeal, including by demanding payment of their hefty legal fees.

正在寻求集体诉讼地位的投资者还要求位于曼哈顿的美国第二巡回上诉法院对马斯克的律师进行制裁，因为他们涉嫌干扰上诉，包括要求支付巨额律师费。

Musk and Tesla, meanwhile, withdrew their motion to sanction the investors’ lawyer for allegedly pursuing a “frivolous” case with ever-changing legal theories to “extort a quick handout.”

与此同时，马斯克和特斯拉撤回了对投资者律师进行制裁的动议，该律师涉嫌利用不断变化的法律理论追究“无聊”的案件，以“快速勒索”。

A stipulation dismissing the appeal and both sides’ motions was filed on Thursday night in federal court in Manhattan. It requires approval by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein.

周四晚上，曼哈顿联邦法院提交了驳回上诉的规定和双方的动议。它需要美国地区法官阿尔文·海勒斯坦的批准。

The investors had sued Musk in June 2021, accusing him of losing them money by driving up Dogecoin's price with tweets and other actions, then abandoning the cryptocurrency.

投资者于 2021 年 6 月起诉马斯克，指控他通过推文和其他行为推高狗狗币的价格，然后放弃了这种加密货币，从而给他们带来了金钱损失。

They said Musk and Tesla touted Dogecoin to boost its price and sell their holdings at inflated levels, while knowing the cryptocurrency had no intrinsic value.

他们表示，马斯克和特斯拉吹捧狗狗币是为了提高其价格，并以虚高的价格出售其持有的股票，同时知道这种加密货币没有内在价值。

Investors accused Musk of using Twitter posts, an appearance on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and other stunts to trade Dogecoin at their expense, including by timing trades to Musk’s public statements and activities.

投资者指责马斯克利用 Twitter 帖子、出现在 NBC 的《周六夜现场》以及其他花招来交易狗狗币，包括根据马斯克的公开声明和活动安排交易时间。

The investors said Musk's conduct caused them to lose money because he failed to disclose his trades, and his statements and actions artificially inflated Dogecoin's price.

投资者表示，马斯克的行为导致他们亏损，因为他未能披露自己的交易，而且他的言论和行为人为抬高了狗狗币的价格。

Musk's lawyers had called the investors' lawsuit “desperate” and said the investors were trying to “manufacture jurisdiction” over Musk in New York, where he does not live.

马斯克的律师称投资者的诉讼“绝望”，并表示投资者试图在马斯克不住的纽约“制造管辖权”。

They said the investors' claims were barred by statutes of limitation and other legal doctrines, and that Musk's statements about Dogecoin were protected by the First Amendment.

他们表示，投资者的索赔受到诉讼时效和其他法律原则的限制，马斯克有关狗狗币的声明受到第一修正案的保护。

Musk and Tesla are also facing separate securities fraud lawsuits over Musk's tweets about a possible take-private transaction for Tesla in August 2018.

马斯克和特斯拉还因马斯克在 2018 年 8 月发布的有关特斯拉可能进行私有化交易的推文而面临单独的证券欺诈诉讼。