<ul><li>A man is suing Newport Council for nearly 500 million pounds to recover 8,000 Bitcoin (BTC) he claims he lost in 2013.</li><li>The man has filed the lawsuit as a last resort after years of being ignored by the council.</li><li>He is seeking half a billion pounds, which represents the highest valuation of his Bitcoin holdings when the cryptocurrency hit an all-time high of $73,737.</li><li>The man has assembled a team of experts willing to conduct an excavation at no cost to the council in order to recover the lost coins.</li></ul>

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