Just came across this interview of Epstein regarding his interest in Bitcoin circa 2017. What's most interesting to me about this article, is that it seems Epstein may have been heavily influenced by Peter Thiel at the time of the interview.
Since forming an eponymous foundation in 2000, Epstein has found a role as science philanthropist, sharing his resources to beneficial, unlikely ends. His money has funded research related to quantum computing, genetics, artificial intelligence, and beyond. As a result, the 64-year-old tycoon holds court with A-list names from the academic community, like theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, cosmologist and author Lawrence Krauss, or MIT’s quantum computing pioneer, Seth Lloyd.
In addition to Peter Thiel's obsession with genetic manipulation the second Trump administration's focus on AI and cryptocurrency, has been steered by Thiel's former protégé and Trump's current Science Advisor, Michael Kratsios. Keratosis was originally brought into the White House by Thiel during Trump's first administration, to help with technology, eventually becoming Trump's Chief Technology Officer.
Recently, Kratsios also announced the Trump administration will be rolling out a plan focused on quantum computing.
On the same day, democrats in both the House and Senate tried to subpoena those records but were blocked by Republicans.
Last week, Peter Thiel received preliminary approval for the first U.S. Cryptobank and today JP Morgan announced they would begin to allow Bitcoin and Ether as collateral.
Could those JP Morgan bank records of transactions between Thiel and Epstein have something to do with Epstein's purchase of Bitcoin?