A judge has dismissed James Howells' lawsuit against Newport City Council, which sought access to a landfill where he claims a hard drive containing 7,500 bitcoins, valued at over £600 million, was discarded in 2013. The court ruled there were no reasonable grounds for the claim, and Howells plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. Despite the setback, he remains determined to recover his lost cryptocurrency, which could be worth £1 billion by next year, but without legal access to the landfill, retrieval remains uncertain.