Jeffrey Epstein’s Shocking Claim: He Spoke with ’Some of the Founders of Bitcoin’
An explosive revelation from the archives ties one of finance's darkest figures to cryptocurrency's most mysterious creation.
The Unlikely Connection
Documents and testimonies suggest the late financier—central to a web of high-profile scandals—had conversations with individuals he identified as key architects behind Bitcoin. The claim, emerging from previously sealed records, throws a bizarre and unsettling shadow over the digital asset's origin story. It's the kind of link that makes traditional bankers look almost wholesome by comparison.
Secrets in the Ledger
While Satoshi Nakamoto's true identity remains crypto's ultimate enigma, this allegation introduces a profoundly disturbing potential player. The timeline, the nature of the discussions, and the participants remain murky. Investigators and blockchain sleuths are now cross-referencing dates, pseudonyms, and financial trails, searching for any cryptographic breadcrumb that might substantiate or debunk the connection.
A Stain on the Genesis Block?
This isn't about price charts or trading volumes. It's a fundamental question about the soil from which Bitcoin sprang. The core ethos of decentralization and liberation from corrupt systems now faces a grotesque historical footnote. Can the technology's purity be separated from the alleged moral filth of its earliest human contacts? The market, ever cynical, will likely shrug and check its portfolio—after all, bad people have always been drawn to new forms of money.
Epstein’s plan mixed religion, crypto, and royal connections
In the October 13, 2016, email, Epstein called his ideas “radical.” He said the first WOULD be a fiat currency called ‘the Sharia’, meant for internal use among Muslims in the Middle East. Every bill would carry the phrase “In God We Trust,” like U.S. dollars do, but with a religious stamp tailored to Islamic finance.
Then came the second idea. He suggested building a digital Sharia-compliant currency powered by blockchain. And not just any blockchain. He specifically referenced Bitcoin and said he had already spoken to some of the original creators.
He wrote: “I’ve spoken to some of the founders of Bitcoin who are very excited.” He ended the email by saying he hadn’t heard any dates from the Saudi side.
The message included a confidentiality notice at the bottom, warning that it contained privileged information and was not to be shared. Still, it’s now public, sitting in the DOJ dump for anyone to read.
These emails also add more fuel to the theory that more than one Satoshi exists. Epstein said “founders,” plural, not one guy. That backs what many in the Bitcoin community have suspected for years: the project wasn’t a solo act.
Other emails tie Epstein to early crypto investors and drama
There’s more. A 2013 email sent to Epstein by Boris Nikolic included a long write-up on Bitcoin from Tren Griffin. It had also been sent to Bill Gates, Michael Larson, and other big names in tech.
The message said Bitcoin had exploded in popularity around Silicon Valley and up in Seattle, mostly among libertarian VCs. It said liberal economists hated it because they didn’t want to lose control of money.
Griffin said: “Bitcoins have no intrinsic value. They lay claim to no stream of future earnings.” He also called the whole thing a Keynesian beauty contest where speculators guess what others think is valuable instead of judging real value. He said he wouldn’t touch it himself, but knew others would.
Another email from Austin Hill, dated July 31, 2014, showed drama behind the scenes. He told Epstein and others that his company was upset about investors backing both Ripple and Stellar. He said it was hurting their project and wanted to “reduce or take your allocation away.” Hill said Ripple and Stellar were like betting on two horses in one race and asked for a call to sort things out.
The drop also included opinions from the Winklevoss twins, economist Steve Hanke, and Kurt Eichenwald. They said everything from Bitcoin being a bubble to it being math-based money that cuts out human error. All that info was sent to Epstein by his network, showing just how deep he was in the crypto space early on.
A user on X said, “I told you all 31 Dec 2022 that Gary Gensler was directed through Epstein and Mossad to go after Ripple and XRP. Meanwhile the Bitcoin foundation was backed by Epstein. Now you know it is true. Dear Bitcoiners, you spent a decade calling $XRP the ‘Banker’s coin’ while Jeffrey Epstein was funding the Bitcoin foundation and coordinating with Jamie Dimon and many of the largest banks to position $BTC. Now would be the right time for you to admit how wrong you were.”
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