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Man wants to buy tip where he lost Bitcoin fortune

A computer engineer who lost £620m-worth of Bitcoin wants to buy the tip where he believes it was buried.
James Howells, from Newport, claimed his ex-girlfriend mistakenly chucked out a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins in 2013.
He tried to sue the city council to get access to the site on Newport's Docks Way, or get £495m in compensation, but his case was dismissed by a judge.
Newport council said it was making no further comment on the matter. #bbc #BTC

Musk responds to backlash over gesture at Trump rally 💥💥💥
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🚀Elon Musk has caused outrage over a one-armed gesture he gave during a speech celebrating the inauguration of Donald Trump.
Musk thanked the crowd for "making it happen", before placing his right hand over his heart and then thrusting the same arm out into air straight ahead of him. He then turned and repeated the action for those sitting behind him.
💊Many on X, the social medial platform he owns, have likened the gesture to a Naziii salute.
In response, Musk posted on X: "Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The 'everyone is Hitler' attack is sooo tired."
🎯 Musk, the world's richest man and a close ally of President Trump, was speaking at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC when he made the gesture.
"My heart goes out to you. It is thanks to you that the future of civilisation is assured," the 53-year-old said, after giving the second one-armed salute.
There was immediate backlash on social media.
Claire Aubin, a historian who specializes in Nazismm within the United States, said Musk's gesture was a "sieg heil", or Nazix salute.
"My professional opinion is that you're all right, you should believe your eyes," she posted on X, in reference to those who believed the gesture to be an overt reference to Nazixx
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a history professor at New York University, said: "Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazix salute and a very belligerent one too."
Andrea Stroppa, a close confidant of Musk who has connected him with far-right Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, was reported by Italian media to have posted the clip of Musk with the caption: "Roman Empire is back starting from Roman salute". #BBC

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Bitcoin Mining with Hydropower: A Green Solution in Zambia 🌱⚡

#BBC recently praised Gridless Compute, a Bitcoin mining company at #Zambia , for its model of utilizing surplus hydropower for operations. This not only helps reduce energy waste, but also supports lowering electricity costs for the local community.

This is a testament to how mining $BTC can positively contribute to the energy system, rather than just consuming resources as many negative opinions suggested before. The application of renewable energy not only makes the crypto industry more sustainable, but also opens up economic and technological development opportunities for developing regions. 🚀

Trump family crypto portfolio nears $1B- report

President Donald Trump and his family have rapidly expanded their presence across the cryptocurrency world, from nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and digital collectibles to a decentralized finance (DeFi) project, a proposed stablecoin, Bitcoin mining efforts, as well as the TRUMPo/USD memecoin.
According to Bloomberg News, the combined paper value of these crypto-related initiatives is approaching $1 billion, even after factoring in recent market volatility fueled by escalating trade tensions.
These estimates are based on publicly available data and reflect the growing financial footprint of Trump-affiliated blockchain ventures. While Trump is already the wealthiest individual to have held the U.S. presidency, thanks largely to his real estate holdings, his engagement with crypto has gained momentum in recent years.
Following his election in 2016, Trump’s business interests were placed in a trust managed by his sons and longtime financial adviser Allen Weisselberg. Eric Trump has publicly stated that “there are no conflicts” regarding the family’s growing involvement in digital assets.
Once skeptical of the asset class, Trump has since embraced it as part of his political and economic agenda. Crypto executives and investors have become important contributors to his reelection campaign, and in his second term, Trump signed executive orders supporting his pledge to position the U.S. as the global hub for digital innovation. 
Trump’s team continues to promote his personal memecoin on Truth Social, further underscoring the political and financial stakes of his crypto engagement.
Back in January, Trump’s newly launched crypto token soared to over $10 billion in market value in one day.
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