The Epstein-Bitcoin Files: Why Jeffrey Epstein Funded the Early Crypto Right

About this episode

This episode explores Jeffrey Epstein's strategic role in funding the early infrastructure of Bitcoin and his connections to the Tech Right.

Brexit is just the beginning. We're going to return to tribalism." — Jeffrey Epstein to Peter Thiel, 2016. On this episode of the Nerd Reich Podcast, Gil Duran sits down with investigative journalist David Morris (author of Stealing the Future) to expose the "dark matter" of the tech-political nexus. While the world knew Epstein as a predator, the Epstein Files reveal a far more strategic role: he was a silent architect of the "Tech Right," funding the very infrastructure of Bitcoin. We dive deep into: The $3M Bet: Why Epstein invested in Coinbase in 2013, years before the mainstream. Capturing the Devs: How Epstein’s money moved from the Bitcoin Foundation to the MIT Media Lab to control Bitcoin’s DNA. The Bannon-Pierce Connection: From "World of Warcraft" gold to the Gamergate-to-Alt-Right pipeline. TESCREAL Explained: Why the Silicon Valley elite are obsessed with eugenics, "genius myths," and the "Sovereign Individual" fantasy. The FTX/SBF Fraud: Why David Morris calls Sam Bankman-Fried a "media-created boy genius" fueled by eugenic self-conception. Follow David Morris: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/ Subscribe to the Nerd Reich Podcast for more deep dives into the…

People in this episode

Host: Gil Duran

Guest: David Morris

Topics covered

• Jeffrey Epstein
• Bitcoin
• Tech Right
• Eugenics
• Crypto
• Investment
• Political Nexus

Keywords

• Epstein
• Bitcoin
• Crypto
• Investment
• Tech Right
• Eugenics
• FTX
• David Morris

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coinbase, Bitcoin Foundation, MIT Media Lab, FTX

Books & works: Stealing the Future

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