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A British man is considering buying a landfill to recover a hard drive containing 8,000 BTC
10 news guardian report from uk newport it engineer

On February 10, according to the Guardian, James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, UK, has spent a decade trying to find a 600 million-pound bitcoin fortune he believes is buried in a municipal dump in south Wales, and he is considering buying the site in order to find the missing wealth. James Howells lost his case in the UK High Court last month, failing to force Newport City Council to allow him to search the dump to retrieve a hard drive he claims contains 8,000 bitcoins.

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2025-02-10 11:17:01
Landfill containing $750 million Bitcoin hard drive to be permanently closed
City of Newport Wales council plan 2025 26 period

Newport City Council in Wales plans to permanently close and seal a landfill in 2025-26. The landfill contains a hard drive that IT engineer James Howells mistakenly discarded in 2013 and contains 7,500 bitcoins, worth about $750 million at current prices. The council plans to convert part of the site into a solar farm to power the municipal electric fleet. Previously, Howells' lawsuit against the search for hard drives has been rejected by the Welsh court.

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2025-02-10 01:32:17
UK court halts search for $750 million worth of bitcoin in junkyard
England judge keyser kc judge wales newport it

A British judge, Justice Keyser KC, has rejected an application by James Howells, an IT engineer in Newport, Wales, to recover $735 million worth of Bitcoin hard drives buried in a Newport landfill, citing environmental risks. Newport City Council has consistently refused to enter the landfill where the hard drive was accidentally discarded in 2013, and according to the BBC, the judge believes the case has "no realistic chance of success" at trial. Howells mined Bitcoin in 2009 when it cost only...

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2025-01-10 05:07:29
$500 million worth of bitcoin buried in landfill, man files lawsuit against Newport City Council
Wales newport it engineer james howells 13 discard

James Howells, an IT engineer in Newport, Wales, discarded a hard drive containing 7,500 bitcoins in 13 years. Howells repeatedly applied to dig into the landfill to find the hard drive, but the Newport City Council rejected his request repeatedly, citing environmental concerns. Howells claims that the city council "basically ignored" his repeated requests to dig up the burial site of the hard drive. He has now filed a lawsuit with the Newport City Council.

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2024-10-14 03:30:01

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22:51 2025-03-28
Taproot Wizards NFT has been distributed
Bitcoin NFT project Taproot Wizards posted on social media that Taproot Wizards NFTs have been distributed, some have been confirmed, and the rest should be confirmed in the next bitcoin block.
22:42 2025-03-28
Slow Mist: ReachMe platform security bugs were found yesterday, and the project party has been informed to complete the repair
The SlowMist security team disclosed security bugs in the ReachMe platform. Researchers @im23pds and @T41nk_ found that they could successfully bypass the payment threshold of 1BNB (about $600), and only pay 0.01BNB (about $6) to send a private message to CZ. The vulnerability involves a payment verification logic flaw that allows attackers to construct special transactions to bypass fee detection. SlowMist has informed the project party of the vulnerability details according to industry norms, ...
22:42 2025-03-28
Uniswap v4 volume breaks through $2.50 billion
Uniswap Labs posted that the cumulative trading volume of Uniswap v4 has exceeded 2.50 billion dollars, with Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base and BNB chains contributing the main trading volume.
22:14 2025-03-28
Galaxy Digital plans to scale back bitcoin mining, Texas data center turns to AI-related business
According to Galaxy Digital's financial report, the company plans to reduce bitcoin mining production in the coming quarters and transform its data center in Texas into an AI and high-performance computing (HPC) facility. This transformation is based on a 15-year escrow agreement with CoreWeave.
21:50 2025-03-28
Musk: xAI acquired X in an all-stock deal, valuing the two at $80 billion and $33 billion, respectively
Musk posted on X that xAI acquired X in an all-stock deal. The deal values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, or $45 billion minus $12 billion in debt.
21:41 2025-03-28
International gold continues to hit a record high
Spot gold rose 0.88% to $3,084.25 an ounce; COMEX gold futures rose 0.59% to $3,116.6 in June, up 2.26% this week; both continued to hit record highs. COMEX silver futures fell 0.82% to $34.795 an ounce, up 3.71% this week.
21:35 2025-03-28
Federal Reserve Governor Barr: artificial intelligence could have major impact on productivity and economy
Federal Reserve Governor Barr said artificial intelligence could have a significant impact on productivity and the economy.
20:43 2025-03-28
Coinbase Adds Keyboard Cat (KEYCAT) to Listing Roadmap
According to an official announcement, Coinbase has announced the addition of Keyboard Cat (KEYCAT) to its listing roadmap.
20:22 2025-03-28
Fed Daly: Still sees two rate cuts this year as a reasonable forecast
The Federal Reserve's Daly said it still believes that two rate cuts this year are a reasonable forecast.
20:07 2025-03-28
U.S. stocks opened lower, with all three major indexes closing sharply lower
U.S. stocks opened lower and went lower. All three major indexes closed sharply lower. The Nasdaq fell 2.7% and fell 2.59% this week; the S & P 500 fell 1.97% and fell 1.53% this week; the Dow fell 1.69% and fell 0.96% this week. Large technology stocks fell generally. Netflix, Google, Amazon, and Meta fell more than 4%. Tesla, Microsoft, and Intel fell more than 3%. Apple fell more than 2%. Nvidia fell more than 1%.
20:01 2025-03-28
U.S. stocks closed: three major stock indexes fell sharply, technology stocks fell for three consecutive days
On March 29, the three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed down sharply on Friday. The Dow fell 1.69%, the S & P 500 fell 1.97%, and the Nasdaq fell 2.7%. Star technology stocks fell for the third consecutive day, with Google (GOOG. O) down 4.8%, Meta Platforms (META. O) down 4.2%, Tesla (TSLA. O) down 3.5%, Apple (AAPL. O) down 2.6%; Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index fell 3.11%, Baidu (BIDU. O) down 5.1%, and Bilibili (BILI. O) down 4.6%.
19:58 2025-03-28
Arkham: Fidelity bought nearly $100 million in Bitcoin today
Fidelity bought nearly $100 million worth of Bitcoin today, and Fidelity's Bitcoin ETF (FBTC) received an inflow of $94.20 million from Coinbase Prime, according to the latest data from Arkham. As of now, the total value of Bitcoin held by Fidelity FBTC has reached $16.60 billion.

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