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James Howells still chasing fortune he lost 12 years ago

8,000 bitcoins worth $770 million

A Welsh circuit commercial judge has dismissed a case to recover a Bitcoin hard drive that went missing more than a decade ago.

Howells accidentally disposed of 8,000 bitcoins he had mined in 2009.

Newport Council has consistently refused Howell permission to dig up landfill in search of the drive.