US EditionBitcoin Pioneer Adam Back Addresses Mention In Epstein Files
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Blockstream's Adam Back Addresses Epstein Links as DOJ Releases New Files
Blockstream CEO Adam Back responded to renewed attention around the company after newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents emerged as part of a large US Department of Justice disclosure. In a public clarification, Back said Blockstream has no ongoing or historical financial relationship with the convicted sex offender. Blockstream Says No Epstein Ties Back asserted that any contact occurred briefly during the company’s seed fundraising in 2014 a…
Back, one of the most respected cryptography and key figures in Bitcoin's history, spoke to distance himself from Epstein after files revealed the initial investment of the convicted sex offender in Blockstream. *** Blockstream CEO Adam Back denied financial connections between Jeffrey Epstein and his company. Back and co-founder Blockstream, Austin Hill, report several times in Epstein's recently published files. Back said Epstein was a limited…
Blockstream's executive director and co-founder, Adam Back, publicly went out to disprove any financial relationship — direct or indirect — between the company and Jeffrey Epstein, after new documents declassified by the U.S. Department of Justice again put the company's name under public scrutiny. Back's clarifications occur in a context of high media sensitivity, marked by the publication of millions of pages linked to the Epstein case, an epi…
Blockstream Named Dozens of Times as New Epstein Files Roil the Crypto Conversation
At the start of February 2026, a massive DOJ dump of Jeffrey Epstein-linked records has recently hijacked the crypto conversation, pulling digital currencies and Blockstream into an unexpected and uneasy spotlight. Epstein Files Reopen Old Questions Around Blockstream as Adam Back Denies Any Financial Link As crypto markets remain under strain, social media attention has […]
New Epstein files reveal contact with Bitcoin dev Andresen before CIA briefing
[UPDATED: Feb 2, 2026, 17:50 UTC] This story has been updated throughout to clarify the email-based nature of Epstein’s contact with Gavin Andresen and Andresen’s response. New emails released by the US Justice Department as part of its Epstein Files disclosures reveal that Jeffrey Epstein emailed Gavin Andresen two days prior to Andresen visiting the CIA headquarters to discuss Bitcoin in June 2011. Andresen was the successor to Satoshi Nakamot…
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