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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
David Unyime Nkanta

Man Who Lost £700M Bitcoin Fortune in the Bin After Split With Ex Plans to Launch Ceiniog Coin

One moment of domestic chaos after a bitter breakup, and suddenly £700 million vanishes into thin air—or rather, into a Welsh landfill.

The Newport computer technician, who mined Bitcoin during its infancy in 2009 when digital currency was worth mere pennies, now faces the cruel irony of watching his buried treasure appreciate to astronomical values whilst remaining tantalizingly out of reach.

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