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We could have been Bitcoin millionaires – if we hadn’t fallen for an Elon Musk scam or binned the wrong hard drive
Updated: 15:42, 27 May 2021
BITCOIN S value exploded over the last decade making some people who saw the potential for cryptocurrencies unfathomably rich.
But others who got in early now spend the rest of their lives knowing they missed out on the technology gold rush thanks to truly agonising human error. Read our cryptocurrency live blog for the latest Bitcoin updates
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Laszlo Hanyecz bought two pizzas in 2010 with Bitcoin now worth hundreds of millions Now that an estimated 100million people around the world own some amount of Bitcoin, more and more horror stories of how people missed out on a life-changing fortune are coming to light.
WELSH Secretary Simon Hart visited Newport yesterday to talk up his party s plans to revive the M4 relief road project. The Welsh Conservatives have pledged to build the 23-kilometre stretch of motorway should they win power in May s Senedd election, reversing the decision made by first minister Mark Drakeford in 2019. Mr Hart, who lives in West Wales and spends much of his working week in London, told the Argus businesses and motorists who travel through Newport on the existing motorway can t carry on as we are . The Conservatives in both Wales and Westminster argue the Brynglas tunnels present a bottleneck on the M4, causing traffic chaos and stifling the regional economy.