James Howells

James Howells has been trying to recover a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins that he claims his ex-girlfriend accidentally threw away in 2013.

BBC·United Kingdom· 2025-08-07

James Howells has surrendered and no longer wishes to search for his lost bitcoins in the trash.

Hamshahri·Iran· 2025-08-07

James Howells lost a hard drive containing the keys to 8,000 bitcoins and has been trying to recover it for over a decade.

Monaco-Matin – newspaper covering the Principality of Monaco·Monaco· 2025-08-05

James Howells' hard drive contained Bitcoin worth 750 million euros.

Luxemburger Wort·Luxembourg· 2025-05-07

James Howells has been trying to retrieve a hard drive containing his lost bitcoin fortune for over a decade.

BBC·United Kingdom· 2025-05-01

James Howells is desperate to buy a landfill site to recover a hard drive he accidentally lost.

Prothom Alo·Bangladesh· 2025-03-08

James Howells is an IT specialist who accidentally threw away a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins in 2013.

Tengri News – major Kazakh news website·Kazakhstan· 2025-03-01

James Howells is determined to recover a hard drive containing $783 million in bitcoins that his ex-girlfriend accidentally threw away.

El Universo – major Ecuadorian daily, est. 1921·Ecuador· 2025-02-24

James Howells is determined to recover a hard drive containing Bitcoins valued at $783 million that his ex-girlfriend accidentally threw away.

El Deber·Bolivia· 2025-02-24

James Howells began mining Bitcoin on his laptop in 2009 and lost a hard drive containing 7,500 Bitcoins when his girlfriend discarded it.

Luxemburger Wort·Luxembourg· 2025-02-22

James Howells has been trying for over a decade to recover a hard drive containing bitcoin worth hundreds of millions of pounds that was accidentally thrown away by his ex-partner.

Jutarnji List – Croatian daily newspaper, est. 1998·Croatia· 2025-02-19

James Howells has been trying for over a decade to recover a hard drive containing bitcoin worth hundreds of millions of pounds that was accidentally thrown away by his ex-partner.

Jutarnji List – Croatian daily newspaper, est. 1998·Croatia· 2025-02-18

James Howells is determined to retrieve his hard drive containing Bitcoin worth £620m that ended up in a landfill.

BBC·United Kingdom· 2025-02-16

James Howells has begged and pleaded with the Newport City Council to gain access to the mountains of waste to find the hard drive that was accidentally thrown away in 2013.

Fox News·United States· 2025-02-15

James Howells believes there is a hard drive buried in a Welsh landfill that holds the key to almost $800 million in bitcoin.

CNN·United States· 2025-02-14

James Howells is a Welshman who has been trying to recover his lost Bitcoin for twelve years.

Süddeutsche Zeitung·Germany· 2025-02-13

James Howells has been trying for over 12 years to convince Newport officials to allow him to search for his hard drive in the city's landfill.

Thai Rath·Thailand· 2025-02-13

James Howells is a British man who accidentally threw away a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins.

Kathimerini·Greece· 2025-02-12

James Howells, who once discarded a hard drive containing Bitcoin worth 780 million USD, wants to buy a landfill in Wales before it closes.

VnExpress – leading Vietnamese online newspaper, est. 2001·Vietnam· 2025-02-12

James Howells has been fighting for over ten years to gain access to a landfill site where he accidentally disposed of a hard drive containing the key to 8000 Bitcoins.

Neue Zürcher Zeitung·Switzerland· 2025-02-11

James Howells is exploring the possibility of buying a landfill site to search for his lost Bitcoin fortune.

Daily Graphic – state-owned Ghanaian newspaper, est. 1950·Ghana· 2025-02-11

James Howells is trying to recover a hard disk containing 8,000 Bitcoin that his ex-girlfriend accidentally threw away.

Adevărul·Romania· 2025-02-10

James Howells has battled for a decade to recover a £600m bitcoin fortune he believes is buried in a council dump in south Wales.

The Guardian·United Kingdom· 2025-02-10