The Epstein Files: What They Reveal About Bitcoin & The Dollar System | Mark Goodwin

Описание: "He was the money man for the people behind the control nexus."

Why did former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers refer to Jeffrey Epstein as "Mr. Money" in private emails? While the public focused on the sensationalism of the Epstein files, the underlying financial and technological connections remained largely ignored.

Journalist and author Mark Goodwin joins us to unpack the intersection of the Epstein network, the "PayPal Mafia," and the early architecture of Bitcoin and Tether.

In this episode, we discuss:
The "Debt Sink" Theory: Was Bitcoin conveniently timed to serve as a relief valve for the US monetary system following the 2008 financial crisis?
The PayPal Connection: Examining the ties between Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, and Epstein, and their early influence on the digital asset space.
Tether as an Intelligence Operation: Why the world’s most important stablecoin behaves more like a tool for dollar hegemony than a typical fraud.
The Co-option of Bitcoin Culture: Mark argues that while the Bitcoin protocol remains sound, the community's focus has been diverted through "social chaos" and infighting.

ABOUT THE GUEST:
Mark Goodwin is a journalist, former Editor-in-Chief at Bitcoin Magazine, and researcher for Unlimited Hangout.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:12 - The Epstein Files
00:05:03 - "Mr. Money"
00:10:12 - Epstein's 2009 Email About a New Currency
00:17:13 - Did the PayPal Mafia or CIA Build Bitcoin?
00:22:52 - The Epstein Network Was in Bitcoin's First Epoch
00:30:50 - Epstein's Email to Steve Bannon About the Fed
00:35:57 - Epstein, Reid Hoffman & Blockstream
00:48:30 - PayPal Dollarizing the Internet
00:54:29 - The Creation of Tether
01:08:12 - Has Bitcoin Been Co-opted?
01:17:20 - Bitcoin Will Win the Reserve Asset Battle
01:23:25 - Epstein Going to Treasury to Talk Bitcoin in 2014
01:30:53 - Who Did Epstein Work For?
01:39:56 - Why Are They Dropping the Files Now?

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