UK High Court allows Chinese victims to appeal ruling in 60,000-BTC Qian Zhimin case

The permission to appeal matters less for the bitcoin than for the choice-of-law question underneath it: which legal system defines property rights over assets held in England but claimed from China. A ruling that Chinese law governs could reshape how cross-border crypto claims are litigated in UK courts, affecting not only these claimants but any offshore holder facing competing domestic judgments. The cost discussion and the possibility of withdrawal hint at fatigue among a dispersed victim group. Whether the appeal proceeds, and on what grounds, is the open question.