2240: Epstein and Bitcoin: Leaked Emails Reveal Elite "Anti-BTC" Pressure

Summary

Bitcoin News Alerts | Episode 2240

Title: Epstein and Bitcoin: Leaked Emails Reveal Elite "Anti-BTC" Pressure
Date: February 2, 2026
Host: Bitcoin News Alerts

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Overview:

This episode dives into bombshell revelations from newly leaked Jeffrey Epstein emails, which detail not just links to powerful financial and political figures but also explicit connections and manipulations within the early Bitcoin ecosystem. The host breaks down fresh technical analysis (TA) updates, market reactions to Trump’s Fed nomination, MicroStrategy’s (Saylor Strategy) latest bitcoin buy, and the significant role of unrealized losses in Eth treasury firms. The core focus: how high-level actors attempted to co-opt or pressure Bitcoin, with well-known figures like Peter Thiel, Adam Back, Brock Pierce, and others pulled into the Epstein web.

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Key Segment Breakdown

1. BTC Market Update & Technical Analysis

Timestamps: 01:02 – 06:00

• Bitcoin bounced back above $78,400 after a dramatic weekend sell-off, which saw it briefly dip below $75K. The market is showing signs of recovery with an uptick of 1.6% according to live TA.
  • "Bitcoin recaptured 78 GS in today's show... it's been one hell of a bloodbath over the weekend, but we did recover just a little bit." (A, 01:02)
• Ether is back above $2,300, while most altcoins followed suit except Monero (XMR), which is still down.
• Crypto Fear and Greed Index hovers at "14 – extreme fear."
• The host reflects on crypto’s growth vs. gold:
  • "We're now 19 years old as an asset class... the gold market cap alone off the back of the all time high was above 40 trillion. By the time we gain even half the gold market cap, $880,000 bitcoin is conservative." (A, 02:18)
• Technical Analysis (TA): Short-term bullish momentum is visible on lower timeframes, but the monthly chart reveals a concerning fourth consecutive red candle—a phenomenon rarely observed since the bear markets of 2014 and 2018.

2. Macro Signals: Trump’s Fed Nominee & Market Impact

Timestamps: 08:04 – 10:47

• Trump nominates ex-Fed Governor Kevin Warsh (nicknamed "Wash") as Fed Chair, known as "Bitcoin-friendly," allegedly holding $750,000 worth of BTC.
• Mixed market reactions:
  • Warsh expected to continue interest rate cuts but is skeptical of balance sheet expansion.
  • "Investors may be disappointed with Warsh's skeptical posture on the balance sheet expansion... If he adopts policies to shrink the balance sheet, it isn't supportive of risk assets or precious metals." (A, 09:29)
• Interest rate expectations remain unchanged in the short term, with a 49% probability of a 25bps cut at the June FOMC.

3. Saylor Strategy / MicroStrategy’s New $75M BTC Buy

Timestamps: 10:47 – 14:14

• MicroStrategy acquires 855 BTC for $75M, buying the dip as bitcoin dipped below their average cost basis for the first time since late 2023.
  • "This is obviously one of his smaller buys... still buying the dip, BTFD." (A, 11:01)
  • Their total holdings: 713,000 BTC at an average price of $76K per coin.
• PolyMarket odds: 80% chance MicroStrategy will surpass 800,000 BTC this year.
  • "I say that's a smart bet... I don't think he's going to slow down. It's already well past 700,000 for Christ's sake." (A, 13:24)

4. ETH Treasury Firms’ Massive Unrealized Losses

Timestamps: 14:14 – 18:11

• Notably, Bitmine Immersion Tech ("largest corporate ether holder") is holding ~$7B in unrealized losses.
• Sharply Gaming faces over $1B in ETH paper losses.
• Recent ETH price corrections (below $2,200) bring many treasuries underwater, threatening their ability to raise new funds.
  • "Ether, ether, ether. Well, not looking so well right now, is it?" (A, 14:30)
• Pantera Capital predicts brutal capital pruning—only the best-capitalized firms may survive.

5. Crypto Funds Face Second Straight Week of Outflows

Timestamps: 18:16 – 19:53

• CoinShares: $1.7B in outflows last week, totaling $3.4B over two weeks and pushing YTD flows negative.
• BTC investment products led outflows, Ethereum and major alts followed suit.
• BlackRock iShares Bitcoin ETFs bled $1.2B, Grayscale and Fidelity also faced heavy outflows.
  • "Crypto ETF outflows came ahead of the sharp weekend selloff—with Bitcoin dipping below $75,000, the new low of the low for the cycle." (A, 19:53)

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6. Feature: Epstein Leaks and Elite "Anti-BTC" Pressure

Timestamps: 19:53 – 34:12

Epstein Emails Reveal:

• Epstein in direct correspondence with Bitcoin founders and early developers.
• Epstein’s role as a bridge between Wall Street, political elites, and the Bitcoin ecosystem—often seeking to use BTC as a “gateway” to controlled, permissioned financial systems (CBDCs, stablecoins).
  • Quote (Simon Dixon):
    • "Phil asked: 'Do you think this is the first step in upping the anti-Bitcoin pressure?' Epstein replies by attacking Bitcoin's ambiguity... Bitcoin was never meant by them to win." (A quoting Dixon, 22:44)
    • "It was meant to prepare the public. Normalize digital money first, then funnel adoption into systems with kill switches and governors. CBDCs, permissioned stablecoins, and regulated rails." (A quoting Dixon, 22:59)
• Brock Pierce (Tether, EOS): Met with Epstein. The leak suggests Pierce was involved in conversations about permissioned crypto networks.
• Adam Back (Blockstream): Received investment funneled through MIT, ultimately traceable to Epstein.
  • "Epstein corresponded with Austin Hill and Adam Back. Epstein’s personal investment of 50Gs in Blockstream was made through the MIT Media Lab." (A, 27:30)
• MIT Link:
  • Epstein donated at least $750,000 to MIT (2002–2017), some supporting the Digital Currency Initiative, funding bitcoin core developers. His name was hidden internally ("they called him Voldemort").
  • "DCI... paying people like Gavin Andresen, Vladimir, and Cory Fields. Epstein visited MIT nine times. His name was hidden internally—they called him Voldemort." (A, 32:23)

Other Notables in the Files

• Peter Thiel: Extensive email correspondence with Epstein; discussions on Bitcoin and digital currency regulation, anti-Bitcoin pressure, and world politics.
  • "Epstein invested $40M in Thiel’s Valor Ventures and even invited him to his notorious island." (C, 26:44)
• Elon Musk:
  • Email exchange shows Musk inquiring about parties with Epstein in late 2012 despite Epstein’s prior criminal record.
  • "So, who emails Epstein about a crazy party after it’s already known in what was it, 2008 that he was a pedophile?... the name is Elon Musk because this email was from 2012. So Elon go [explicit] yourself." (A, 28:54)
• Bill Gates, Blythe Masters: Linked through 2015 introductions with Epstein, including discussions around Blockstream investment and more scandalous personal allegations.
• Michael Saylor: Named only through third-party correspondence; reportedly referenced in Epstein’s emails as the "nice guy who wants to upgrade his social life," not as a direct contact.
  • "Strategy Chair Saylor appears in the Epstein files through third-party correspondence... describes Saylor as a nice guy who wants to upgrade his social life." (A, 31:02)

Big Idea: Weaponizing Bitcoin’s Ideals

• The leaked emails and comments suggest an effort by elite networks to shift digital currency development toward permissioned, surveilled, or centrally controlled versions, undermining Bitcoin’s self-sovereign ethos.
  • "Bitcoin was a threat to these scumbags. They used it as a gateway drug to CBDCs and stablecoins. Trump is continuing this trajectory. Don't fall for it. One Bitcoin self custody, no issuer." (A quoting Dixon, 24:00)
• Host’s Commentary:
  • Emphasizes the corrupting power of institutional interests:
  • "The higher you want to climb, the more compromise you must be... that's how power is maintained in the West." (A quoting Dixon, 24:58)
  • "Epstein was a connector, a compromised agent. The same people released in the files are the people that created Epstein. The structure remains intact." (A quoting Dixon, 24:58)

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Notable Quotes

• Banks/Crypto & Power:

  • "Power is a mafia. You can't leave. This is systemic and still exists today. Epstein had predecessors and now has successors... The proof of weapons network is enforced through mutual compromise amongst those who rise—all execs, politicians, all university leaders, all who seek power." (A quoting Dixon, 25:24–25:53)

• On Bitcoin’s Mission:

  • "Bottom line, Bitcoin was a threat to these scumbags. They used it as a gateway drug to CBDCs and stablecoins." (A quoting Dixon, 24:00)

• Host’s Position:

  • "Bitcoin self-custody, no issuer... this is consistent with my previous analysis about Epstein trying to compromise developers." (A, 24:01)
  • "Millions of files have been released and I'm sure we're going to hear more and more and more..." (A, 31:43)

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Memorable Moments

• BTC TA humor:
  • "[Let's] do a deep dive into the TA, look at some of the charts, aka astrology for the brosis." (A, 02:43)
• Sharp jab at media/narratives:
  • "Do suits ever tell the truth? Absolutely not." (A, 09:42)
• Cynical take on Elon Musk & Epstein:
  • "I don't believe him. I don't believe anything Elon says. He's still pretending the earth is spinning at a thousand miles per hour and that he's sending rockets to Mars. Con artist." (C, 30:01)
• Host’s warning about elites:
  • "The true architects will never be named and never meant to be. The structure remains intact. Epstein was eliminated once he became a liability. Or, or was he?" (A, 24:58)

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Takeaways & Conclusion

• The episode weaves together market turmoil, institutional reactions, and leaked evidence of longstanding elite engagement and manipulation attempts in crypto.
• Leaked documents significantly support suspicions that the rise of digital currencies (especially Bitcoin) did not go unnoticed by power brokers—many sought to shape, subvert, or profit from the ecosystem’s growth.
• The host emphasizes Bitcoin’s value in self-custody and resistance to centralized capture while warning that the “war” for digital money remains ongoing—and the playbook revealed in these emails is being updated for the CBDC era.

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Q&A & Outro

Timestamps: 34:12–34:49

• The host invites further reflection and listener comments, promising ongoing coverage.
  • "Let me know your thoughts. Man, just hit you with a dump right there and I'll continue to read the comments out loud... And I look forward to seeing you on tomorrow's episode. HODL." (A, 34:26–34:49)

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End of summary.

Transcript

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Welcome Bitcoin fam to the number one Bitcoin pod. Bitcoin recaptured 78 GS in today's show. We breaking down the latest TA and what you need to know in the market. Also Trump's Fed nomination a mixed signal for Bitcoin. I'll be breaking down this US liquidity analysis. Also Sailor Strategy just announced a 75 million dollar purchase as Bitcoin briefly dipped below 75 GS for the new bottom. We'll also be discussing bit my near 7 billion worth of unrealized losses as ether downturn pressures. Treasury firms that's Tom Lee's will also be discussing crypto funds post the second week of outflows at 1.7 billion. The latest report from Coin shares Also crypto figures address the connections Menon or mentioned in notorious Epstein file Release. You know the 3 million file drop. This is going to be a main topic of conversation today as the Epstein emails do mention contacts with the founders of Bitcoin. Also be taking a look at the overall crypto market. All this plus so much more right here in today's show. Today we're trading back above 78, 400, up roughly 13 Honda on the day. It's been one hell of a bloodbath over the weekend, but we did recover just a little bit. As you can see the bulk of the market back in the green. Bitcoin up 1.6% on coin360 above 78.5 at a time. At a live we got ether back above 2300. XMR which is Monero is still down roughly 8% on the day. But the bulk of the market is back in the green. Checking out coinmarc cap.com current crypto market cap sitting at 2.6 trillion. Bitcoin market cap is currently one and a half trillion. It's again mindboggling to me. We're now 19 years old as an asset class and the entire crypto market cap 2.6 trillion. It just goes to show you, you know how much potential we have because the gold market cap alone off the back of the all time high was above 40 trillion. And you already know we covered in yesterday's pod. By the time we gain even half the gold market cap 880,000 bitcoin is conservative. Checking out top 100 crypto gainers past 24 hours. We got river leading the pack of 50% followed by stable and stacks. Stacks has been pretty quiet. Making a big move today up 16%. And checking out crypto greed and fear index today same as yesterday of 14 extreme fear yesterday same last week 20 and last month at 29 fear. Checking out time chain calendar today is block height 934,760. You could exchange one fiat monopoly dollar for 1275 sats. So you know what to do. You pick up the SATs, put down the gas, pick up some bitcoin caps from our homie sergio or@bitcoin caps.net yeah, let's do a deep dive into the TA, look at some of the charts, aka astrology for the brosis. Finally a little bit of a recovery. We bottomed out at roughly 74. 5 and we started to climb today, currently 78. 4. There's the one hour chart, some bullish momentum regaining. We're back above the moving averages. So you know, at least we're making a move to the upside. Checking out the four hour, you'll notice similar to the one hour, we're making a nice move but significantly still below the major moving averages.

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Checking out the daily.

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This is the first green candle pretty much for the bulk of the week. So it's good to see the reverse.

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As we continue to bounce. Bounce.

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Come on, bounce. And checking out the weekly.

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You're going to notice we had a massive red weekly candle close unfortunately. But a new week is here which.

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Is the silver lining. Still significantly below the moving averages.

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And checking out the monthly.

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We had the October, November decent bear.

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Jana bear four consecutive red candle monthly closes. Will February be the game changer? I hope so.

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But you guys let me know your thoughts next up here. Here we go. Bitcoin Bull market confirmed. Is it over? Bitcoin price sees the fourth red monthly candle.

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I want to talk to Samson in.

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The meantime but yeah, I already did the the live charts but here's some analysis starting with QCP Capital. A sustained close below the 74 support level would increase the risk of a deeper drawdown, potentially drawing the broader crypto complex back towards the 2024 trading range. Traders had little faith in the true market rebound from the current levels Weekly lower low on the closing basis. Uptrend confirmed over according to analyst Jelly. He says it's likely going to take a while before this turns around again. And here we are. REC Capital agreed. Bitcoin unlikely to challenge the 1262 all time high. Well I clocked her in at 126 3. Take that evildoers look like the top.

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It looked like that was the top.

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Let me know if you agree. Disagree. Data from Coin Glass showed bitcoin closed the fourth straight month in the red, which I already referenced with the January close when we looked at the monthly charts, a phenomena seen just twice before during the 2014 and 2018 bare markets. So this is pretty low bitty and rare form. Meanwhile, the goal correction can open the crypto flood gates. That's right.

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And I ain't talking Bill Gates.

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He's stuck on Epstein's island giving antibiotics.

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To the wife and the food because he got an std apparently according to the drop. We'll get into that a little later.

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But after spending months going into the opposite directions, Bitcoin and gold showed some short term similarities. On the day we had the gold USD chart which itself experienced a violent breakdown from the all time highs. Yeah, so it hit 5,700 an ounce.

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And then it had a massive correct.

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And it stabilized at roughly 4700 announced which is where it's currently at. Similar with silver there was like a 35 correction. QCP commented this has weighed on demand for the non yielding precious metals, a move reinforcing the higher margin requirements imposed by the future exchanges, accelerating the unwinding.

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Of the leveraged positions.

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That's right. The glimmer of hope appeared for the crypto trader Van Day Pop shared. Bitcoin, he argued could repeat historical patterns follow gold to all time highs after a statutory delay. Historically when gold peaks, bitcoin follows. When Bitcoin breaks back to 88 G's.

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ETH follows that rhythm won't change.

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The markets just became slightly more complicated. I don't think we'll see new gold all time highs for gold and silver soon in some years, yes, he says.

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But not during 2026.

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Let me know if you agree or disagree with that bull predicament. He says the that opens the floodgates towards the crypto ultimately saying a lot of that money was just flew into the market cap of gold and silver is ultimately going to start flowing into bitcoin anyways.

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Okay, Trump's Fed nomination a mixed signal.

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For the BTC and also the guy.

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Was referenced on the Epstein, you know files.

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Just FYI the guy's name is Wash.

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Let me know if you guys have heard of him.

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President Trump nominated former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Wash to lead the U.S. that's why I say we just keep Fed.

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Chair Nipinator in charge. A move that sent mixed signals to.

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The crypto markets of the US dollar Liquidity Trump nominated Bitcoin friendly Wash on he allegedly has roughly three quarters of a million worth of bitcoin. Today's episode of Bitcoin News Alerts is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Do you ever find yourself playing the budgeting game? Well with your name your price tool from Progressive you can find options that fit your budget and potentially lower your bills. Try [e-mail] Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and affiliates Price and coverage match Limited by state law not available in all states.

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I don't know if you guys saw.

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That the portfolio but anyways he set.

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To replace the J PAL when his term ends in May. Assuming the Senate approves them. War Show's nomination could mean the Fed.

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Will continue to interest rate cut trajectory.

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According to Thomas Perfumo, a global economist at crypto exchange Kraken.

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It also signals that the broader market.

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Liquidity expected to stabilize rather than than meaningfully expand. Quoting them here, this sustains the mixed macro backdrop for bitcoin and crypto which are sensitive to overall liquidity conditions. Perhaps Mar though then changes for the fun for the Fed fund rate. However, investors may be disappointed with War Show's skeptical posture on the balance sheet expansion which includes measures like quantitative easing, a shift that involves bond buying to lower the borrowing costs, stimulate the economic activity. The comments come shortly after the crypto markets lost 250 billion in market cap over the weekend. Yeah, that was no joke. As part of the wider sell off impacting the stock markets and precious metals market crash caused by Wash's nomination. According to guy named Puckering, Washer's nomination ignited liquidity concerns amongst investors becoming the main reason for the crash. I don't think that was the main reason for the crash there, but then again do suits ever tell the truth? Absolutely not. Markets are digesting Washes views on the future Fed policy, most notably the central bank's balance sheet, which he says is trillions larger than it needs be. If he does indeed adopt policies to shrink the balance sheet, markets will have to reckon with a lower liquidity environment, a backdrop that isn't supportive of either risk assets or precious metals. Now this is interesting. Questions remain on Wash's interest rate policy. How much is he willing to align himself with Trump's push for lower interest rates?

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And this shows you the interest rate cut expectations Interest rate expectations remain largely unchanged since Wash's nomination, with 85% of the market participants expecting rates to remain steady at the next meeting March 18th around the corner, according to the data from the CME Group's Fed Watch tool. Interest rate policy expectations also remain stable for the June 17 meeting, with 49 expecting a 25 basis point interest rate cut up to 46% from the week prior. This would mark the date of the first FOMC meeting after J Pal's term ends in May. All right, next Storyo Sailor strategy buy 75 million worth the Bitcoin this is obviously one of his smaller buys. He'd been making billion dollar moves. But also this is Bitcoin correcting to a level we ain't seen this entire cycle. So yeah, still buying the dip BTF do Sailor Strategy, world's largest public Bitcoin holder, disclosed fresh Bitcoin purchases for the week as we briefly dip below 75. G's strategy acquired 855 bitcoin for 75 million last week, according to his filing with the SEC. The acquisitions were made at an average price of 88,000 per bitcoin. So that was before the big correction with Bitcoin starting the week above 877 and reaching 90 before plummeting to 75 on the Sunday. The purchase brought strategies total holdings 713,000 BTC purchased for about 54 billion at an average price of 76 GS per coin. Now the purchase came as Bitcoin fell to Strategies average purchase cost, marking the first time it had traded below the company's cost basis since late 2023. Strategy launched the Bitcoin standard in August of 2020. Two years later, Bitcoin traded lower than the price of the average purchase price.

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For the first time.

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That's when it fell below 30,000May of 2022 while the average purchase price was 30,000. The Drop Force strategy to slow the buying resulted in acquiring 8100 Bitcoin in 2022. Bitcoin remain below strategies cost basis late until August 2023, followed by another brief drop leading to a total of seven.

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Purchases of 28,560 BTC during the below cost period. And here's an outline with the dates right here.

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Now the purchase amount accounted for 22% of the strategy total, which is 129218 bitcoin holdings by the start of the period. Meanwhile, Poly Market puts 80:1 odds on strategies Bitcoin holdings topping 800,000 BTC. I say that's a smart bet.

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I don't think he's going to slow down.

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It's already well past 700, 000 for Christ's sake. So despite the growing bearishness around the biddy price after the weekend sell off, Poly Market betters remain optimistic about strategies accumulation for the year. While the odds of Bitcoin falling below 65000 this year climbed to 72%. That means the bulk of the people think we have more lower to go. Poly Market shows 80 probability of strategies holdings reaching 800,000 Bitcoin for the year. I think that's a safe bet. Obviously the numbers don't lie. Reaching that level would require the company to just purchase at least 87,000 more Bitcoin.

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Easy peasy.

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Last year Sailor predicted Bitcoin would hit.

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21 million per coin by 2046.

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Ultimately 20 years out.

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I mean send it, you know.

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Next up, bit mine near 7 billion in unrealized losses as ether downturn pressures the treasury firm member we had Tom Lee coming out. Yeah, we just invested more billions of dollars in the ether.

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We're firm believers.

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Ether, Ether, Ether. Well, not looking so well right now, is it? Check this out. Corporate ether treasury companies are facing significant paper losses on their holdings after the latest market correction pulled many underwater. Bit mine Immersion Tech, the largest corporate ether holder is sitting on 7 billion in unrealized losses. Its ether holdings were acquired at an average of 3008 excuse me, 100 per token significantly higher than the current 2200 ETH price. Sharply Gaming second largest ETH treasury firm facing a 1 billion paper loss after each price fell below average cost basis of 3,600 according to the company's dashboard. The mounting unrealized losses may test the conviction of the ether treasury companies making it increasingly difficult to raise funds as ether's correction is leading to a decline of the market net asset value. Bit mines M nav sank to 1 while Sharplink's M nav fell to 0.92. The M nav ratio compares the company's enterprise value to the value of the crypto holdings and m nav below A1 makes it more challenging for the companies to raise funds by issuing new shares, which may limit their crypto purchases. The dynamic may lead to a brutal pruning across crypto treasury firms this year where only the best capitalized players shall survive, predicted asset manager Pantera Capital. Despite the concerns, Ether's current decline remains in line with analysis from Tom Lee, the chairman of Bitmine and the co founder of fund Strats Global Advisors. Lee predicted an ether drawdown of $1,800 in the first quarter of 2026 before crypto markets would find their footing and rally into the new year. So I guess he predicted it then as we haven't hit 1800 yet. The latest crypto market downturn already pressured some treasury companies to start unwinding their bets. For example, on Monday Hong Kong based investment firm Trend Research closed its leveraged positions by selling 33,000 ETH worth 79 or 79 million loss. They took trend research borrowed an additional 77 million in USDT revenue from Binance to repay the loan. The company lowered its ETH borrowing liquidation level from $1,880 to $1,830, according to the blockchain data. So even them you're a small business.

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I t u s.com are anticipating it going lower. Trend Research holds a long position worth 618000 ETH worth 1 and a half billion at this time, but faces unrealized losses of 534 million. Also, the founder of Trend Research, Jack Ye, said the investment firm will await the market recovery while keeping risk under control as shared here after selling out of the top. Being too early to go bullish on.

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ETH was indeed a mistake because when bitcoin was around 100,000 eth kept staying at 3 G's and we thought it was undervalued I guess you live, you.

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Learn, don't you Meanwhile, the industry's leaders.

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Traders by returns tracked as smart money are accumulating spot ether tokens during the downturn and also during the past week. Smart money traders acquire 38 million worth of spot ether tokens while the whales acquired 5 million and fresh wallets bought.

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31 million, according to the latest from intelligence platform Nansen.

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And speaking of Nansen, I'll still need to talk to Samson and we shall continue with the next story of the day. But before we get into Epstein and the connection with crypto figures addressed in the new leak, we first got to dive deep into crypto funds posting the second week of the outflows of 1.7 billion according to the Coin shares. Here's what's happening in the crosshairs. The outflows were slightly below 1.7 billion the week prior, totaling 3.4 billion in the past two weeks. This has turned year to date flows negative with 1 billion withdrawn according to Mr. Butterfield. We believe this reflects a combination of the factors. Let's get into the factors including appointments of the more hawkish U. S Federal Reserve Chair, continued whale selling associated with a four year cycle and heightened geopolitical volatility. With the outflows, total assets under management and crypto funds failed 1.6 or sorry, 165 billion, erasing 73 billion from assets under management since October 2025. Bitcoin led the outflows from the crypto funds at a significant share with 1.3 billion leaving the Bitcoin investment products resulting in 733 million in outflows. Year to date Ether funds posted 308 million a weekly outflows posting year to date losses at 383 million. Meanwhile Salana and XRP did not avoid the downturn. Both had outflows totaling 32mil and 44mil. On the other hand, short Bitcoin products saw 14 and a half mil of inflows. And in line with the negative market sentiment, Black Rock's Eye shares bled the most.

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Of course they're the largest outflows hit most issuers last week with Black Rock's Eye shares ETFs leading with 1.2 billion. You should say bleeding 1.2 billion Grayscale Investments. Fidelity follow with 300 mil 197 million of the outflows. On the Upside Pro funds group, volatility shares buck the trend drawing 139 million 601 million worth of inflows. Coin shares Butterfill also mentioned Hyper Liquid was amongst notable exceptions benefiting from tokenized precious Metal activity Last week, crypto ETF outflows came ahead of the sharp weekend selloff With Bitcoin dipping below 75,000, the new low of the low for the cycle. And as you know, the crypto Green fear index hit a a bottom of 14 thus far. But keep in mind, back in October of last year, we bottomed at a 10. So we can definitely go significantly lower if things don't hold up where they're currently at. But that's that. All right, fam feature story of the day. Crypto figures address the connection mentioned in the latest Epstein file release. This is very long because they just dropped 3 million documents the DOJ on the Epstein case. So we're going to get into this and there's lots of mentions regarding bitcoin and early devs and such like that. So I want to dive into all this, but the place I actually want to start is with a thread from Simon Dixon. But actually I'll read this, I'll read a couple of these tweets and then we'll dive into the story and we'll discuss the early, you know, devs who, you know, were connected in some way, shape or form. So this one says Jeffrey Epstein, shocking. 2016 email just dropped in the DOJ's massive 3 million file dump. And then it goes on to say more than one Satoshi exists. He's pitching a Sharia fiat currency stamp with gold in God We Trust for Middle Eastern Muslims. Epstein's chatting with the Saudi royals about teaming up with unnamed bitcoin founders to build this. And this is a specific email dated October 13, 2016. And you can see, you know, in the red. I've spoken to some of the founders of bitcoin who are very excited. I have never heard any dates from you. It looks like they're trying to arrange some, some meetings and such. But we're going to skip ahead here. This is a thread from Simon Dixon, who wrote In July of 2014, Epstein and Peter Thiel. There's a key name right there, Peter Thiel, explicitly discussing anti Bitcoin pressure. So, you know, I often talk about the enemies of bitcoin. Well, listen up. Phil asked, do you think this is the first step in upping the anti Bitcoin pressure? Epstein replies by attacking Bitcoin's ambiguity currency versus property public ledger classification, then says more than or more when I see you. Bitcoin was never meant by them to win.

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It was meant to prepare the public.

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Normalize digital money first, then funnel adoption into systems with kill switches and governors. CBDCS permission, stable coins and regulated rails. This is key because we all know the CBDCs of the Central bank digital.

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Currencies which is their focus because they control its digital fiat programmable money.

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And now we have the stable coins which are basically CBDCs in disguise.

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To be very weary of the stablecoin.

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Show Epstein services around the crypto influence networks.

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Brock Pierce enters the frame and met with Epstein. There's another key name right there. He's involved with Tether and also the crypto eos which I'm sure you guys remember used to be a top cryptocurrency. I don't know whatever happened to it, but he is mentioned in here as well. Pierce later becomes tied to tether issuer, controlled permission, opaque legal reality. There's no public proof of a formal conspiracy and courts haven't ruled on intent. But the pattern incentives and paper trail clear enough for anyone paying attention. Bottom line, Bitcoin was a threat to these scumbags. They used it as a gateway drug to CBDCs and stablecoins. Trump is continuing this trajectory. Don't fall for it. One Bitcoin self custody, no issuer. This is consistent with my previous analysis about Epstein trying to compromise developers.

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And I'm sure you've seen Adam back apparently received some donation from Epstein that went to the, you know, core bitcoin core developers which we'll probably get into here shortly because like I said, a lot of names have just recently been dropped and he just dropped his video unmasking the Epstein bitcoin theory, JP Morgan links and the Trump leverage game. And he had another tweet here. Epstein was manufactured by the Proof of Weapons network. A connector, a compromise agent. The higher you want to climb, the more compromise you must be to gain access and introductions. That's how powers maintained in the West. The same people released in the files are the people that created Epstein. The true architects will never be named and never meant to be. The structure remains intact. Epstein was eliminated once it became a liability. Or, or was he? I personally feel they escaped him out of prison. I don't think he is dead whatsoever, but that's just me. Let me know your thoughts.

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Get [e-mail] a reminder to everyone else named in the files what happens when usefulness ends. You have to keep adding value to the network. Power is a mafia. You can't leave. This is systemic and still exists today. Epstein had predecessors and has now successors. The proof of weapons network is enforced through mutual compromise amongst those who rise all executives, politicians, all university leaders, all who seek power.

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No exceptions.

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At the top is the financial industrial complex. Very powerful words coming from Simon Dixon. But let's dive a little deeper into this article published by cointelegraph.

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Let's start with the names Peter Thiel.

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Co founder of the payments platform PayPal I told you Paint my pal and a major crypto investor, wrote for The Financial Times 2025 stating the second term of US President Trump would shed light.

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On the Epstein files and some are.

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Calling him ultimately was being groomed to be the next Epstein. Invoking the Greek term Apocalypsis, meaning to bring to the light. Phil said that most Americans mistrusted the official story that he died on suicide.

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Because you just got to be stupid to believe it.

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He argued that the disputed ideal suppression complex conspiracial term coined by Eric Weinstein, the managing director of Theo Capital, had.

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Lost total control of the narrative. Thiel had an extensive correspondence with Epstein discussing the world politics and Phil's lawsuit and Gawker the planning, the meetups. Epstein invested 40 million in Feels Valor Ventures and even invited him to visit his notorious island in the Caribbean. And this is all factual according to the email drop from the DOJ says right here December Visit me in the Caribbean. Despite this extended correspondence, Steel represents or representatives told the New York Times that he never visited. Sure, and I'm sure Bill Gates was never there either, was he?

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Adam back?

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Here's some more. He is the founder of Blockstream.

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In 2014 Epstein took part in 18 million over subscribed seed round and through the deal, Epstein corresponded with Austin Hill and Adam Back.

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According to the documents Posted by the DOJ, Epstein's personal investment of 50 GS and Blockstream was made through the MIT Media Lab.

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And guess what? Gensler comes from MIT and so does Bankman Freed's parents.

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Insane in the membrane, Insane in the brain.

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And in 2015, introductions include Microsoft co founder Bill Gates and British private equity exec Blyth Masters. And we already know the story. Bill Gates allegedly caught an STD from a Russian prostitute at the island and then started giving Melinda drugs so that she would never know and find out. And there was email correspondences between Gates and Epstein regarding this. I'm sure you guys have seen it now. Mr. Elon Musk after a stink working with the Trump admin to cut the government spending, Tesla CEO Elon called for the government to release the Epstein files in a since deleted post.

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Why delete your post Elon?

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But here's what he wrote and guys probably remember it. Time to drop the really big bomb. Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day. Day DJ Tate Trump mark the post for the future the truth will come out. You know what came out? Elon wants to party and he wants to go to the most wildest party.

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That Epstein can throw.

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What do you think? Use your imagination. What do you think is happening at.

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The wild parties that Epstein is throwing?

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Come on now. I bet you it makes Diddy's parties.

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Look like Nickelodeon night.

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You know in another random Nickelodeon logo is happens to be the same shape as Epstein's island. Coincidence? I think not. That's how dirty the game is being played. Other email suggest social connectors must wrote do you have any parties plan? I saw that one. There's the email right here. I've been working on the edge of sanity this year. Once my kids head home after Christmas I just want to hit the party scene. So who emails Epstein about a crazy party after it's already known in what was it 2008 that he was a pedophile and the name is Elon Musk because this email was from 2012. So Elon go yourself. According to the emails the visit didn't pan out. Musk wrote logistics won't work this time around. You know Epstein responded do you think I'm just kidding. There's now over 25 and all very cute. Must dated on ax. He had never been to an Epstein party. I don't believe him. Nor been on the island.

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I don't believe him.

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Or the notorious Lolita express airplane.

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I don't believe him. I don't believe anything Elon says. He's still pretending the earth is spinning at a thousand miles per hour and that he's sending rockets to Mars. Con artist. Next up, Brian Johnson.

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I'm not going to get deep here. Howard Lutnick we all know was Epstein's neighbor for like 15 years. Also Trump's right hand man at the Trump administration, Brock Pierce. You know another alleged pedophile meeting with Epstein and them. I'M not going to get deep into all this here. I'm sure you you guys can do your own research but he has a very bad history. Now Sailor, this is interesting. I'll read this. Strategy chair Sailor appears in the Epstein files through third party correspondence. The documents do not show any direct communication between Sailor and Epstein but instead references him. In emails exchanged between Epstein and New York based publicist Peggy Siegel, she describes Sailor as a nice guy who wants to upgrade his social life. In March of 2010 she also noted sailor's boat 160 foot fed ship. Couple months later Siegel recounted a dinner party which Sailor was present. She said he was sort of like.

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A zombie on a drug.

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We had smart director sitting next to him and his idiot gorgeous date could.

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Not get any conversation out of him.

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Except I have a yacht, I'm taking it to cans. Hilarious. Earlier an email from James Coleman or the Hanley Advisors was also include into the convo suggesting Sailor is a typical computer guy who's trying to break onto the social acceptance. Think he has been taken the wrong route. From what I can tell throwing a slot of money and attracting mostly the wrong crowd. I think David Reuben been better boat owner.

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He seems like a more stable new friend.

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So yeah, millions of files have been released and I'm sure we're going to hear more and more and more. And so there's this other article here. Again I didn't read these in advance so don't shoot the messenger and just reading you what I see. Epstein emails mention contacts with the founders of bitcoin and this is where this tweet I read a little earlier came from. I'll read some more. Epstein files reveal he was linked to bitcoin early ecosystem. Here's what's happening. I'll read you a few of these. Open it up on X. Epstein was close to bitcoin funding channels early developers political figures who now influence crypto regulation including MIT funding. Epstein sent at least 750000 to MIT between 2002 and 2017. Part of the money supported the MIT Digital Currency initiative the group that paid the bitcoin core developers during the funding crisis. The DCI was playing paying people like Gavin Anderson, Vladimir and Corey Fields. Epstein visited MIT nine times. He met the staff privately. His name was hidden internally. They called him Voldemort.

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Interesting.

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Senior MIT officials approved the funding quietly. The Manhattan meeting emails show a meeting inside Epstein's Manhattan mansion with Brock Pierce which we now know later co founded tether Larry Summers, former U S Treasury Secretary they discussed Bitcoin long before it was in the mainstream. Summer said bitcoin had opportunities, but worried about his reputation if the price collapsed. Steve Bannon connection in 2018, Epstein emailed Steve asking how crypto taxes worked. He wanted advice on receiving coins, paying with coins, distributing coins, avoiding campaign finance rules. Banning relied on it and connected him to the FEC experts for the crypto vets. Peter Thiel emails 2014 Epstein exchange emails with Peter Thiel discussing Bitcoin's classification and regulation. Epstein compared Bitcoin to a blurred boundary between property and currency. This was years before the crypto regulation became mainstream issue. Political figures now in power Epstein files mentioned Kevin Wash, the new Fed chair. Trump's listed as potential invite. No evidence he met Epstein, but the same name appears. Howard Lutnick, now U S Commerce Secretary and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, appears in the 2012 travel records link to Epstein early crypto research Epstein's Amazon log show he bought books on bitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain and negotiation strategy. This was in 2017 and none of this was public until now.

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I mean, this gets deeper and deeper.

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And I'm going to leave it at that just because we're pressed on time. I can only share so much with you guys, but let me know your thoughts. Man, just hit you with a dump right there and I'll continue to read the comments out loud. Welcome everyone to the Q A segment.

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Of the live stream.

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And don't forget to check out bitcoinnewsalerts.net for the full premium experience with video and to participate in the live stream along with the Q A. And I look forward to seeing seeing you on tomorrow's episode. Hoddle.

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