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The Town Council Who Said No to £225 Million

The Town Council Who Said No to £225 Million

A Welsh council legally owns a hard drive with £750 million in Bitcoin on it - but refuses to look for it. Four failures of institutional reasoning explain why.

February 11, 2026 · 5 min · Alistair Quinn