<p>A Chinese district court recently approved a request to seize RMB 47,187,106.68 (around $675,800) of Bitmain's assets, per a court ruling <a href="http://wenshu.court.gov.cn/website/wenshu/181107ANFZ0BXSK4/index.html?docId=2bc3c87176714eb4ac95ab2200ba632d">announcement</a> published on Dec. 13.</p> <p>The request was submitted by Dongguan Yongjiang Electronics Co, an electronic device vendor, to the Bao'an district court in the city of Shenzhen. The firm and Bitmain's Shenzhen-based subsidiary Shenzhen Century Cloud Core Technology Co are currently locked in a sales contract dispute. The seized properties are under contention and will go to the electronic company should the court rule in favor.</p> <p>The court permits Bitmain to appeal against the ruling, although it is not clear what kinds of actions Bitmain has taken since the ruling, which was dated September 27. A Bitmain representative didn't respond immediately to a request for comment.</p>