UK male would like to buy landfill to search a drive with $ 784m of Bitcoin (BTC): Report
A man who says he lost $ 784 million worth of bitcoin (Btc) on a landfill site is talking to investors about potential land purchaseThe BBC reported on Monday.
“I’ve talked about this option recently with investment partners and it’s a lot on the table,” James Howells said, according to the BBC.
Howells said his girlfriend was mistaken to throw a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin on the Landfill Site at Newport’s Docks Way in 2013. Last decade he made requests at the Newport Council to try to get it, and said more That ignored him. The Newport Council refused to comment, the BBC said.
He tried Sue the Council for 495 million pounds ($ 646 million)Bitcoin’s peak appreciation in early 2024, but his case was removed by the judge in January. Authorities plans to close the site in the coming year of finance and with permission to build a solar power farm in the land.
