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🚨 Jeffrey Epstein emails link him to Bitcoin’s early ecosystem

Newly released emails show Epstein was far closer to early Bitcoin funding and research circles than previously known. The connections touch developers, academics, investors, and political figures.

Key links that stand out:

➡️ MIT funding
Epstein sent about $850,000 to MIT between 2002 and 2017. Part of this money supported the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, which later paid Bitcoin Core developers during a funding shortfall.

➡️ Developer overlap
The MIT DCI funded developers like Gavin Andresen and Wladimir van der Laan after the Bitcoin Foundation ran out of money. Epstein visited MIT nine times. His name was hidden internally and staff referred to him as “Voldemort.”

➡️ Manhattan meeting
Emails describe a meeting at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion with Brock Pierce and Larry Summers. Bitcoin was discussed years before mainstream adoption. Summers saw potential but worried about reputational risk if prices collapsed.

➡️ Steve Bannon exchange
In 2018 Epstein emailed Bannon asking about crypto taxes, receiving coins, spending coins, and avoiding campaign finance rules. Bannon replied “On it” and connected him with FEC experts and crypto figures.

➡️ Early crypto research
Amazon records show Epstein buying books on Bitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain, and negotiation in 2017, while rebuilding his network.

These links suggest Epstein had access to developers, regulators, donors, and early crypto investors. None of this was public at the time.

The emails also show MIT underreported donations, visits were discreet, meetings were not logged, and senior officials approved funding privately.

This does not prove Epstein controlled Bitcoin or influenced its direction. It does show he was closer to the ecosystem than most people ever assumed.

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