Ex-manager of crypto firm Huobi acquitted of moving millions in Tether account

A former senior manager at a major Chinese cryptocurrency exchange has been acquitted by a Hong Kong court of secretly moving five million Tether, with a market value of about HK$39 million (US$5 million), to his own accounts six years ago.
A seven-member High Court jury reached the verdict on Friday to find Chen Boliang, who used to work at cryptocurrency firm Huobi – now known as HTX – not guilty of accessing its platform to trade in the dark pool under an individual account he created with an...