The latest disposal of the Epstein files from the US Department of Justice contains a variety of interesting emails and other documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s early interest and involvement in Bitcoin and the crypto industry. Previous reports established a connection between Epstein and the funding of Bitcoin Core development through Joi Ito of MIT, but new documents show Epstein may have some ties and even invest (directly or indirectly) in the early stages of several different key crypto startups from the crypto exchange giant Coinbase to the Bitcoin technology company Blockstream. They also revealed that Epstein had doubts about profiting from crypto token bombs.

Some of the oldest emails in the Epstein files are related to Bitcoin including All-In Podcast co-host and angel investor Jason Calacanisthat Epstein contacted in an effort to contact anyone who worked on the two-year-old decentralized financial network in 2011. Calacanis pointed to two Bitcoin Core contributors, Gavin Andresen and Amir Taaki, who had just appeared in Calacanis’ performance This Week in Startups

.@Jason has said 10+ times that he only knew Epstein in the 90s. He actually helped Epstein in the 2000s and 2010s, even after the child sex trafficking conviction.

Man starts VR company, donates to Trump: “Total moron, no moral compass!”

Man rapes children: “hey friend!” pic.twitter.com/RTgG56dw0l

– Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) January 31, 2026

Anduril founder and CEO Palmer Luckey focuses on this interaction with pleasure, as Luckey has long had beef with Calacanis. the All in also co-hosted PUBLISHED his own statement to X in an attempt to distance himself from Epstein.

In the email, Calacanis warned Epstein that Andresen and Taaki were not business types, saying, “just so you know, these are people who aren’t trying to build a business. They’re crazy open source people who are radicals.

According to an X post from Taaki“He wanted to invest in my company. I wanted to but my CEO looked at him and said no way. Dodged a bullet lol wish I could read this email.”

There are also several emails involving Epstein and Blockstream co-founder and former CEO Austin Hill. At one point, Hill emailed The founder of Ito, Epstein, and LinkedIn Reid Hoffman seems to be angry about the investments made by some of the investors of Blockstream in some of their perceived competitors, namely Ripple and Stellar.

“Ripple, and Jed’s new star is bad for the ecosystem we’ve built and it hurts our company to have investors backing two horses in the same race,” Hill wrote.

Epstein also receives regular forwarded emails on Coinbase investor updates from Blockchain Capital co-founder Brock Pierce, who is also a co-founder of stablecoin giant Tether. The details are unclear, but there appears to be a business arrangement between Epstein and Blockchain Capital, as per an email Claims the investment firm paid Epstein and Richard Kahn, his longtime accountant, “a huge figure.”

Interesting email from Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to investors found in Epstein files. This is from February 2016, during the Bitcoin block size debate.

Armstrong talked about how Coinbase is working in the background to make sure the network isn’t blocked in “early… pic.twitter.com/3MuxKyVhSz

— Kyle Torpey (@kyletorpey) February 1, 2026

A famous Coinbase investor update forwarded by Pierce to Epstein may be most relevant to those interested in the history of Bitcoin block size war. In the email, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong indicated that the crypto exchange is working behind the scenes to ensure that the Bitcoin protocol is not “held back by any of the early idealists.”

About a year ago, Coinbase became a signatory to the so-called New York Agreement, which is a plan for changes to the Bitcoin network signed by most of the largest Bitcoin exchanges, wallet providers, and miners. The plan would eventually be abandoned before it was completed, at least in part view that the changes will effectively implement a corporate takeover in the decentralized Bitcoin protocol.

one of the most pathetic, sadistic people of modern times somehow got the line to bomb crypto tokens lol https://t.co/QLRAd6PtN6

– Kutot (@gwartygwart) February 1, 2026

on another email exchange with Bitcoin developer Jeremy Rubin looking ridiculous, Epstein says he has ethical concerns about the idea of ​​making a profit from pumping crypto tokens. “I’m more than happy to fund things but as I’m high profile, it can’t be questionable behavior,” Epstein told Rubin, indicating he may have been more concerned about potential bad publicity. “Their deal is to pump money, it’s dangerous.”

While the full list of crypto investments made by Epstein is still being clarified, these documents provide plenty of intrigue about the disgraced financier’s interactions with some of the crypto industry’s most prominent names in its early days of development.

Of course, like Republicans and Democrats, each crypto shill interprets the documents to fit their own narratives, ignoring the fact that all kinds of different people from different backgrounds are willing to look the other way when it comes to getting something from Epstein, whether it’s money, advice, or connections.