🪙 The story of Jeffrey Epstein also touched the crypto industry: his investments, contacts, and interest in BTC during the early development of the market came to light in correspondence and documents. Main points briefly:

🔵 In 2014, he invested about $3 million in Coinbase and later sold part of his stake for a profit.

🔵 Through structures related to MIT, he invested about $50,000 in Blockstream; the company stated that his involvement was minimal.

🔵 Donated about $850,000 to MIT, part of the funds was directed towards financing BTC developers.

🔵 Maintained contact with Brock Pierce, who, according to him, introduced him to the crypto market.

🔵 Since 2011, he studied Bitcoin, but regarded it more as a speculative tool and skeptically assessed the risks of a public blockchain.

🔵 Claimed to have communicated with the "creators of BTC", however, there is no evidence to support this.

🔵 In correspondence, he mentioned Michael Saylor in an ironic context.

Summary: Epstein had no relation to the creation of BTC, but was present in the early investment and academic environment related to the development of the crypto industry.