Jeffrey Epstein

Newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, disclosed by the House Oversight Committee, reveal that Epstein hosted 2015 cryptocurrency discussions at his Manhattan townhouse, including briefings by Brock Pierce to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on Bitcoin's potential. The documents also detail Epstein's $525,000 donations to MIT's Media Lab, which supported the Digital Currency Initiative funding Bitcoin Core developers during the project's financial challenges. Experts note that while Epstein engaged with tech figures, no evidence shows he influenced Bitcoin's protocol or development.