Newport Landfill to Close, Sealing $750M Bitcoin Fortune
- A landfill in Newport, Wales contains a hard drive with 7,500 bitcoins.
- The bitcoins are valued at approximately $750 million or £620 million.
- The landfill is scheduled to close between 2025 and 2026.
- James Howells accidentally discarded the hard drive containing the bitcoins.
- Howells’ legal attempts to access the site or receive compensation failed.
The Newport landfill, containing a hard drive with approximately $750 million worth of bitcoins, is set to be capped and closed by 2026. James Howells’ efforts to retrieve or gain compensation for the lost cryptocurrency were unsuccessful.
Source (2.6)https://news.bitcoin.com/lost-fortune-landfill-containing-750m-in-bitcoin-to-be-sealed-forever/?rand=52384
