How a Predator Funded Bitcoin’s Rise
Dead men tell no tales, but their investment portfolios do. DOJ documents released in early February 2026 expose Jeffrey Epstein’s $3.5 million bet on cryptocurrency’s future—money that helped build the infrastructure you probably use today.
Post-conviction connections opened crypto’s early funding rounds to controversial money.
Epstein invested $3 million in Coinbase during its 2014 Series C round, when the exchange was valued at just $400 million, according to DOJ documents. Brock Pierce, Tether’s co-founder, brokered the deal while Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam actively courted a meeting with the convicted sex offender. Your…
