FINANCE

A bitcoin bounty

Some 400 years ago famed pirate Sir Henry Morgan left Monmouthshire for a life on the high seas.

Some 400 years ago famed pirate Sir Henry Morgan left Monmouthshire for a life on the high seas.

And now the area is once again rife with talk of a hunt for buried treasure. This time the hidden loot is in bitcoins – 7,500 to be precise, now worth a cool £210m thanks to a surge in value in recent months.

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