UK Landfill Holding £600M Bitcoin Hard Drive to Close Following Legal Battle

The Newport City Council has announced that the landfill where computer engineer James Howells’ Bitcoin hard drive — containing an estimated £600 million (approximately $750 million) in BTC — was lost is nearing the end of its operational lifespan and is set to close within the next two years. “The landfill has been in exploitation since the early 2000s and is coming to the end of its life,... source: https://news.shib.io/2025/02/10/uk-landfill-holding-600m-bitcoin-hard-drive-to-close-following-legal-battle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-landfill-holding-600m-bitcoin-hard-drive-to-close-following-legal-battle