Karin Daniels
Wata kotu a Amurka ta yi watsi da karar da aka shigar na dala biliyan 258 da ake zargin Elon Musk da kamfanoninsa SpaceX da Tesla, sun kitsa wani shirin "crypto pyramid makirci" da ya shafi Dogecoin. Kusan shekaru biyu bayan shigar da karar, alkalin kotun Amurka Alvin Hellerstein na gundumar Kudancin New York ya yanke hukuncin janye karar da ke neman diyya mai yawa.
Masu shigar da kara sun yi iƙirarin cewa Musk ya yi amfani da matsayinsa na wanda ya fi kowa kuɗi a duniya don yin hauhawa. Dogecoin's farashin da fiye da "36,000%" kafin barin shi ya fadi, yana haifar da hasara mai yawa ga masu zuba jari. Kwat ɗin ya kwatanta ayyukan Musk a matsayin wani ɓangare na "Tsarin Pyramid Dogecoin," yana zarginsa da haɓaka cryptocurrency don cin riba daga rashin daidaituwar kasuwa mai zuwa.
Har ila yau karar ta yi nuni da bayyanar Musk akan Asabar Night Live a cikin 2021, a lokacin da ya taka leda kwararre kan harkokin kudi kuma ya kira Dogecoin a matsayin "hustle." Bayan furucin nasa, farashin Dogecoin ya fadi da sama da kashi 25 cikin dari daga mafi girman dalar Amurka 0.73, matakin da bai kai ba tun daga lokacin.
A cikin shawarar da ya yanke na Agusta 29, Alkali Hellerstein ya kwatanta kalaman Musk game da Dogecoin a matsayin "buri kuma mai ban sha'awa, ba na gaskiya ba," kuma ya lura cewa waɗannan maganganun "suna iya yiwuwa a gurbata su." Ya kara da cewa "babu wani mai saka jari mai hankali da zai iya dogaro da su" don yanke shawarar saka hannun jari.
Mai shari'a Hellerstein ya kuma ƙaddara cewa gaskiyar ba ta tabbatar da da'awar masu gabatar da kara na shirin "famfo da juji" ba, magudin kasuwa, ko ciniki na ciki. Ya jaddada wahalar fahimtar zarge-zargen da ke haddasa wadannan zarge-zarge.
A baya dai kungiyar lauyoyin Musk sun yi kira da a yi watsi da karar, suna masu cewa goyon bayan da shugaban kamfanin Tesla ke baiwa Dogecoin a shafukan sada zumunta ya kasance da ban sha'awa don zama zamba.
Farashin Dogecoin ya ci gaba da kasancewa ba zai shafi hukuncin kotu ba, har yanzu ya ragu da kashi 86.4% daga kololuwar sa. A tsawon lokaci, Musk ya nisanta kansa daga sashin cryptocurrency. Kodayake Tesla a takaice ya karɓi Bitcoin a matsayin nau'in biyan kuɗi, ba da daɗewa ba ya sauya wannan shawarar. Duk da haka, Tesla ya riƙe hannun Bitcoin, kamar yadda aka nuna a cikin rahoton sa na Q1 2024.
