British investor recovers 61 BTC worth about $4.5 million traced to failed Intersango exchange

A British investor recovered 61 BTC worth about $4.5 million after proving ownership of funds linked to the failed exchange Intersango ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

One account says the investor, identified as “Chris,” bought bitcoin in 2011 through the Britcoin exchange, which later became Intersango and shut down in late 2012 ^[2].

That same report adds that the original purchase was about £1,500 (about $2,000 at the time, when bitcoin traded below $4 per coin) and that CEL Solicitors used blockchain tracing to identify a wallet containing over 5,500 BTC connected to Intersango customers ^[2].

Cointribune reports the recovered bitcoin as “61 BTC locked away since 2014,” differing from the 2011–2012 timeline described by other outlets ^[3].

MoneyCheck describes the recovery as occurring after roughly a 13-year ordeal, but does not provide additional details beyond the amount recovered in its supplied excerpt ^[4].