An employee in Shenzhen sued to recover virtual currency wages, but the court dismissed the case due to insufficient evidence and Tether being illegal as a legal currency.

According to the Shenzhen Public Security WeChat account, a Shenzhen employee was laid off after the probationary period, and the company paid 20,000 yuan in wages and 10,000 yuan in compensation, but the employee claimed that there was still 25,000 yuan in virtual currency wages that had not been paid, and therefore resorted to legal action. The court ruled that the evidence was insufficient, and that Tether was not a legal tender, and ordered the company to pay the difference of 10,000 yuan in compensation, rejecting the claim for virtual currency wages. The appeal was dismissed by the second instance court, and the original judgment was upheld.