Files cast light on Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to cryptocurrency

Newly released documents detail convicted sex offender’s early backing of bitcoin and Coinbase Millions of files related to have brought to light his ties to the highest echelons of the cryptocurrency industry.Documents published last week by the US Department of Justice reveal Epstein the “principal home and funding source” for bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, during its nascent stages; he also $3m in Coinbase in 2014, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US, and that same year to Blockstream, a prominent bitcoin-focused technology firm. Both crypto startups accepted Epstein’s investments in 2014 – six years after his in Florida for soliciting prostitution from a minor.