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.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
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Spoofik on
It seems that he is connected to literally everything in this world.
DimensionTiny8725 on
Bottom signal…
F0rtysxity on
Hitler liked dogs. Even the worst of us have a good feature or two.
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
mathaiser on
I mean, those were the two main uses at the start, drugs and cp. At least what people used it for.
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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.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
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It seems that he is connected to literally everything in this world.
Bottom signal…
Hitler liked dogs. Even the worst of us have a good feature or two.
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
I mean, those were the two main uses at the start, drugs and cp. At least what people used it for.
Makes total sense