Bitcoin Pioneer Adam Back Addresses Mention In Epstein Files
Bitcoin veteran Adam Back moved to shut down a fresh round of allegations after newly circulated “Epstein files” excerpts and screenshots reignited claims that Jeffrey Epstein intersected with Blockstream during the company’s earliest fundraising. Back’s response on X framed the episode as a brief, indirect touchpoint routed through MIT Media Lab and its former director, […]
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Newly unsealed Department of Justice documents have confirmed a bizarre footnote in crypto history: Jeffrey Epstein poured roughly $3.2 million into Coinbase back in 2014. At the time, Bitcoin was trading well below $1,000. It wasn’t just a small punt, either. Records indicate that about half this stake was liquidated in 2018 for nearly $15 […]
Shadows of the past impact today. The surfacing of emails linking Jeffrey Epstein to early crypto academia and Bitcoin development circles has done more than just reignite old gossip. It’s weaponized the ‘civil war’ between Bitcoin maximalists and the Ripple ($XRP) army. For years, the debate centered on centralization versus decentralization. Now? It has shifted […]
About a week ago, at the NYC Consensus conference I was fortunate enough to get to spend four hours over dinner with Adam Back of Blockstream, and Kristov Atlas of Blockchain.info My Dinner with Adam Back. I’ll do my best to summarize the topics of conversation over those four hours, although I’m sure I will miss some important points. Firstly, Adam....
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