Jeffrey Epstein Was an Early Investor in Coinbase, Emails Reveal – Decrypt

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  1. tldr; Jeffrey Epstein invested $3 million in Coinbase in 2014, facilitated by Tether co-founder Brock Pierce and Blockchain Capital. Emails reveal Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam was aware of Epstein’s involvement. The investment was made at a $400 million valuation, and Epstein later sold half his equity for nearly $15 million in 2018. This investment occurred years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction as a sex offender. Coinbase and others involved have not commented on the revelations.

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  2. Ok-Background-502 on

    No surprise. Crypto was a big part of dark money back in the day.

    My wife is not a tech person at all, and even she had to learn how to work with litecoin to buy acid back in the early 2010s

  3. I mean, those were the two main uses at the start, drugs and cp. At least what people used it for.