In brief
- Emails show Jeffrey Epstein sought Steve Bannon’s help navigating and shaping U.S. crypto tax and regulatory policy in 2018.
- Epstein framed crypto as both a domestic tax issue and a global concern, urging Treasury to take action.
- Newly released documents portray him as actively engaged in early crypto policy debates, ranging from tax policy to Meta’s failed stablecoin project, Libra.
Jeffrey Epstein was becoming increasingly concerned about tax policy in the United States related to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency towards the end of his life—and hoped Steve Bannon could help, according to newly released emails from the convicted sex offender’s estate.
In a February 2018 correspondence, Epstein pressed Bannon, President…
Nov 14 2025
