Judge Keyser KC, the Circuit Commercial Judge for Wales, has dismissed the legal attempt of IT engineer James Howells to recover a $770 million Bitcoin (BTC) hard drive from a Newport landfill. The city council cited environmental permit restrictions as the reason for denying access. According to a January 9 BBC report, Judge Keyser ruled that Howells’ legal case had “no realistic prospect” of...
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