Judge halts attempt to retrieve Bitcoin hard drive worth nearly $750 million from landfill

A man's decade-long battle to recover his £600m bitcoin fortune (nearly $750M) has been halted by a judge.

James Howells, 39, launched a legal case after he lost his Bitcoin hard drive in a landfill in 2013 in Newport, Wales, the BBC reported.

Since his misfortune, Howells has offered to fully fund the excavation process and share 25% of the recovered Bitcoin with the Newport City Council. 

However, the city denied his request, beginning a decade-long saga in an attempt to retrieve his lost cryptocurrency.