#UK court halts treasure hunt plan#

A UK court has rejected IT engineer James Howells' application to search a Newport landfill for a hard drive containing $735 million worth of Bitcoin. Howells accidentally discarded the hard drive containing the Bitcoin in 2013 and has been trying to persuade Newport City Council to allow him access to the landfill to dig. However, Judge Keyser KC ruled that the digging operation would pose significant environmental risks and that there was "no realistic prospect of success" at trial. The court's ruling means Howells will be unable to recover his Bitcoin by digging through the landfill, a huge loss for him. While Howells only spent a few cents to mine these Bitcoins in 2009, their value has now skyrocketed to hundreds of millions of dollars. The incident has also raised concerns about the security of digital assets, reminding people to be extra cautious when storing and managing them.