Unbelievable. Those more than 60,000 bitcoins linked to Zhimin Qian: the UK High Court has just ruled that victims’ claims to property rights must be assessed under Chinese law.

Around 16,000 people are pursuing claims through the UK proceedings. They may not get any of the gains from the price surge—at most, their original investment plus interest. The average price back then was 2,800; now it’s nearly 200 times higher. Can you stomach that? Tell us what you think in the comments.