In Yearslong Search for Lost Bitcoin, a Final Proposal

Man in Search of Lost Bitcoin Fortune Wants to Buy the Landfill Where He Swears It’s Buried
In 2022, Howells said if he can’t go into the dump, he’ll send Boston Dynamics robotic dogs to do the digging for him. That was part of a larger, $11 million business plan in which he proposed spending three years excavating the landfill to find his hard drive, while also turning the site into a mining facility. Newport did not go for that, either.
Bitcoin Miner Who Lost $600 Million in Landfill Seeks to Purchase the Site
Bitcoin miner James Howells, who lost a hard drive containing $750 million in Bitcoin, is now considering the Newport landfill purchase.
In Yearslong Search for Lost Bitcoin, a Final Proposal: Let Me Buy the Landfill
James Howells has begged officials to let him dig through a South Wales landfill to find a lost Bitcoin wallet that he says is worth around $800 million.
The guy who accidentally threw away $700 million in Bitcoin wants to buy a landfill to find it
James Howells, a British IT worker, mined over 7,500 Bitcoins back in 2009, when they were worth next to nothing. Now a single Bitcoin is worth nearly $100,000, valuing his stash at well over $700 million.
Man Who Lost Bitcoin Worth Rs 6,500 Cr In Trash Is Now Planning To Buy An Entire Landfill. Here's Why
British IT worker James Howells plans to buy a landfill in Newport, South Wales, to recover a hard drive containing Bitcoin worth nearly Rs 6,500 crore. He lost the device in 2013 after his then-partner mistakenly threw it away.
Man who chucked $750 million of bitcoin into a dump now wants to buy the whole dump
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Dozens of companies are stealing MicroStrategy’s playbook to hoard bitcoin in their corporate treasuries instead of cash to boost their share price
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Billionaire Paul Singer’s Elliott warns of crypto’s ‘inevitable collapse’ amid Trump administration’s push
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Hacker Pleads Guilty To SEC's Fake Bitcoin ETF Post On X That Triggered Financial Wipeout Worth Millions
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New warning after Arizonans lose millions in Bitcoin ATM scams
It’s one of the 24 recent incidents involving unregulated Bitcoin ATMs. In total, just in Peoria last year, police say families lost nearly a million dollars. In 2023, the FBI found people in ...
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Bitcoin's Billion-Dollar Ballet: MicroStrategy's Bold Move, Whale Migrations, and Price Targets
From February 3rd to February 9th, 2025 Strategy-prior MicroStrategy- purchased 7,633 Bitcoins at approximately $742.4 ...
Bitcoin giant Strategy takes loss to stave off likely tax hit—and keeps buying Bitcoin
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New Trump tariffs stoke inflation fears, trigger $2 billion in crypto liquidations, Bitcoin crashes to $92K
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