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Man's £4m Bitcoin loss

An IT worker from Newport claims to have accidentally thrown away £4 million in Bitcoins. James Howells told the Guardian he had amassed the fortune in 2009 when the coins were practically worthless, but the online currency has since risen in value.

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Newport man 'threw away disk with £4m of Bitcoins'

IT worker James Howells threw away the hard disk containing the key to the currency this summer Credit: Athena Picture Agency
James posted a picture of the landfill site on his Twitter account Credit: @howelzy
It's thought the hard drive could be buried beneath several feet of landfill Credit: Athena Picture Agency

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