A computer engineer who lost £620m-worth of Bitcoin wants to buy the tip where he believes it was buried.
James Howells, from Newport, claimed his ex-girlfriend mistakenly chucked out a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins in 2013.
He tried to sue the city council to get access to the site on Newport's Docks Way, or get £495m in compensation, but his case was dismissed by a judge.
Newport council said it was making no further comment on the matter.
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A computer engineer who lost £620m-worth of Bitcoin wants to buy the tip where he believes it was buried.
James Howells, from Newport, claimed his ex-girlfriend mistakenly chucked out a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins in 2013.
He tried to sue the city council to get access to the site on Newport's Docks Way, or get £495m in compensation, but his case was dismissed by a judge.
Newport council said it was making no further comment on the matter.