Latest News and Articles about Newport City Council

UK Court Rejects Howells’ Plea to Dig for $800M Bitcoin in Landfill

17 March 2025 Daily Feed Bitcoin, Environmental Concerns, James Howells, Newport City Council

UK Court Denies James Howells’ Bid to Search Landfill for Lost Bitcoin Amid Ongoing Legal Challenges James Howells’ quest to recover 8,000 bitcoins, lost in a Newport landfill in 2013, has been thwarted once again as the UK Court of Appeal denies his latest bid. The legal battle with Newport City Council continues, with environmental […]

Judge Rejects $750M Bitcoin Landfill Retrieval Bid in Newport

11 January 2025 Daily Feed Bitcoin, Cardiff High Court, James Howells, Newport City Council

Bitcoin in the Trash: $750M Lost as Judge Rejects Man’s Landfill Retrieval Bid in Newport James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, Wales, has lost a decade-long legal battle to retrieve a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoins, valued at $700-750 million, from a local landfill. The Cardiff High Court dismissed his lawsuit against Newport City […]