钱志敏6万枚BTC案举行听证会，蓝天格锐公司诉讼接管人加入权利争夺

Odaily News: The hearing for the Qian Zhimin 60,000 BTC case took place from July 7 to 9, 2026. The litigation receiver for the Bramley Gentry company formally joined the battle for the Bitcoin rights, escalating the conflict from a "two-party confrontation" to a "three-party competition." The UK prosecution argues that the assets should be confiscated by the state; the Chinese victims claim they have property rights that can be traced to the substantially appreciated Bitcoin; and the litigation receiver for Bramley Gentry asserts that the Bitcoin is substitute property formed from company funds misappropriated by Qian Zhimin. The Bitcoin involved in the case was valued at approximately 427,000 yuan per coin in July this year, a 152-fold increase from the cost price of 2,815 yuan when Qian Zhimin purchased them in 2014. If the applicants successfully claim their property rights over the relevant Bitcoin assets, the recoverable amount would not be limited to the original investment loss but could also extend to the appreciation gains of the Bitcoin. The litigation receiver, representing Bramley Gentry, believes that the Bitcoin in question was essentially transformed from misappropriated company property, and the company has the right to trace and claim property rights. The UK Director of Public Prosecutions continues to insist that Chinese law should apply. The lead law firm representing the individual victims has proposed four legal arguments: first, that UK law should apply to Bitcoin in the UK; second, that the investment contracts were fraudulent, and upon rescission, the beneficial rights should revert to the victims; third, that the tracing mechanisms under Sections 305 and 306 of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) should also apply to the victims; and fourth, a "mixed framework" to break the binary choice between Chinese and UK law.