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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Epstein's Arrest Shook The Blockchain

Jeffrey Epstein's arrest seems to have set off a wave of suspicious crypto payments that have heretofore gone unexamined.

1. The 2nd highest volume day in bitcoin history came a week after Epstein died.

2. #Stablecoin transfer volumes doubled less than 48 hours after Epstein was arrested. In particular #Tether, the stablecoin whose money is managed by Epstein's next door neighbor and #Trump's current Secretary of Commerce, saw on chain volumes skyrocket.

Also there's the matter of a bunch of suspicious deaths among Epstein's crypto circle.

(RTs appreciated)
https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/epsteins-arrest-shook-the-blockchain

#epsteinfiles #epstein #epsteinCoverup #uspol#SaudiArabia #israel#EhudBarak #uspolitics#JeffreyEpstein #crime#corruption #moneylaundering #bitcoin #crypto #blockchain#FSB#Russia #putin#vladimirPutin #cryptocurrency#BTC #tether#USDT#JustinSun

Donald Trump is making out like a bandit through crypto scams, and some people see it as an easy way to buy influence.

On Tech Won’t Save Us, I spoke with Jacob Silverman to discuss how Trump is deregulating crypto and the continued tech-MAGA alliance.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/287_trumps_crypto_profiteering_is_worse_than_you_think_w_jacob_silverman

#tech #crypto #donaldtrump #bitcoin #corruption #scams #politics

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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Epstein's Arrest Shook The Blockchain

Jeffrey Epstein's arrest seems to have set off a wave of suspicious crypto payments that have heretofore gone unexamined.

1. The 2nd highest volume day in bitcoin history came a week after Epstein died.

2. #Stablecoin transfer volumes doubled less than 48 hours after Epstein was arrested. In particular #Tether, the stablecoin whose money is managed by Epstein's next door neighbor and #Trump's current Secretary of Commerce, saw on chain volumes skyrocket.

Also there's the matter of a bunch of suspicious deaths among Epstein's crypto circle.

(RTs appreciated)
https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/epsteins-arrest-shook-the-blockchain

#epsteinfiles #epstein #epsteinCoverup #uspol#SaudiArabia #israel#EhudBarak #uspolitics#JeffreyEpstein #crime#corruption #moneylaundering #bitcoin #crypto #blockchain#FSB#Russia #putin#vladimirPutin #cryptocurrency#BTC #tether#USDT#JustinSun

The article only mentions Crypto​.com's $10 million contribution to Trump's super PAC, but doesn't mention that after Trump took office, the SEC dropped their lawsuit against the company. His Truth Social company is now partnering with them to sell crypto ETFs.

I've been tracking the quid pro quo between Trump and the cryptocurrency industry at https://www.followthecrypto.org/quidproquo

#crypto #cryptocurrency#USpol#USpolitics

Crypto.com	
SEC investigation ended with no action
$10 million to Trump PACs
Business partnership with Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group
Gemini	
SEC enforcement case stayed pending reslution
SEC investigation ended with no action
$4.9 million to crypto-focused super PACs
$2.6 million to Trump super PACs
Kraken	
SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
Relaunched staking services which were shut down as part of a February 2023 SEC settlement
$1 million to Trump super PACs
$1 million to Trump inauguration fund
$1 million to crypto-focused super PACs
Circle	
SEC approved IPO
Favorable stablecoin regulation
$1 million to Trump inauguration fund
$1 million to crypto-focused super PACs
Robinhood	
SEC investigation ended with no action
$2 million to Trump inauguration fund
ConsenSys	
SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
$800,000 to crypto-focused super PACs
Binance	
SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
Reported talks with US Treasury Department to remove compliance monitor
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao seeking pardon
Listed USD1 for trading
$2 billion investment from MGX denominated in USD1
Reported Trump family talks to acquire stake in Binance US
Crypto.com SEC investigation ended with no action $10 million to Trump PACs Business partnership with Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group Gemini SEC enforcement case stayed pending reslution SEC investigation ended with no action $4.9 million to crypto-focused super PACs $2.6 million to Trump super PACs Kraken SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice Relaunched staking services which were shut down as part of a February 2023 SEC settlement $1 million to Trump super PACs $1 million to Trump inauguration fund $1 million to crypto-focused super PACs Circle SEC approved IPO Favorable stablecoin regulation $1 million to Trump inauguration fund $1 million to crypto-focused super PACs Robinhood SEC investigation ended with no action $2 million to Trump inauguration fund ConsenSys SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice $800,000 to crypto-focused super PACs Binance SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice Reported talks with US Treasury Department to remove compliance monitor Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao seeking pardon Listed USD1 for trading $2 billion investment from MGX denominated in USD1 Reported Trump family talks to acquire stake in Binance US
Quid pro quo
Cryptocurrency companies are reaping the benefits of their contributions to Trump and other pro-crypto politicians.
Company	Benefit	Contribution
Justin Sun and Tron	
SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution
Criminal investigation possibly paused
$100 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins
$75 million to purchase WLFI tokens from Trump-owned World Liberty Financial
$37.7 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins (via HTX)
Listed USD1 for trading on HTX
Cumberland DRW	
SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
$100 million investment into Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group
$100,000 to crypto-focused super PACs
Ripple	
SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution
Joint request to return $75 million of previous SEC fine to Ripple
$73 million to crypto-focused super PACs
$5 million to Trump inauguration fund
Coinbase	
SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
Relaunched bitcoin borrowing program previously shut down after SEC warnings
$75 million to crypto-focused super PACs
$1 million to Senate super PACs
$1 million to Trump inauguration fund
Sponsored Trump birthday military parade
Andreessen Horowitz	
Four Andreessen Horowitz employees installed in formal or informal positions of influence at the White House
$70 million to crypto-focused super PACs
$5.35 million to Trump super PACs
Quid pro quo Cryptocurrency companies are reaping the benefits of their contributions to Trump and other pro-crypto politicians. Company Benefit Contribution Justin Sun and Tron SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution Criminal investigation possibly paused $100 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins $75 million to purchase WLFI tokens from Trump-owned World Liberty Financial $37.7 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins (via HTX) Listed USD1 for trading on HTX Cumberland DRW SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice $100 million investment into Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group $100,000 to crypto-focused super PACs Ripple SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution Joint request to return $75 million of previous SEC fine to Ripple $73 million to crypto-focused super PACs $5 million to Trump inauguration fund Coinbase SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice Relaunched bitcoin borrowing program previously shut down after SEC warnings $75 million to crypto-focused super PACs $1 million to Senate super PACs $1 million to Trump inauguration fund Sponsored Trump birthday military parade Andreessen Horowitz Four Andreessen Horowitz employees installed in formal or informal positions of influence at the White House $70 million to crypto-focused super PACs $5.35 million to Trump super PACs

The scale of Trump's pay-for-access scheme outlined by the Times is mindblowing. Crypto contributions resulting in business deals with the Trump family crypto businesses, oil companies buying influence and later reaping benefits from friendly policies, and a $1 million pardon.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/politics/donor-list-suggests-scale-of-trumps-pay-for-access-operation.html

#crypto #cryptocurrency#USpol#USpolitics

Cryptocurrency interests, which have benefited from the Trump administration’s dismantling of a yearslong government crackdown and from the Trump family’s financial interest in the industry, appear to have been the most generous industry, accounting for nearly $45 million in donations to MAGA Inc.An affiliate of the exchange Crypto.com gave $10 million, while the crypto services company Blockchain.com donated $5 million. The venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who are heavily invested in crypto, gave $3 million each. Ondo Finance, which has a partnership with the Trump family’s crypto company, donated $2.1 million to MAGA Inc., on top of $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
Cryptocurrency interests, which have benefited from the Trump administration’s dismantling of a yearslong government crackdown and from the Trump family’s financial interest in the industry, appear to have been the most generous industry, accounting for nearly $45 million in donations to MAGA Inc.An affiliate of the exchange Crypto.com gave $10 million, while the crypto services company Blockchain.com donated $5 million. The venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who are heavily invested in crypto, gave $3 million each. Ondo Finance, which has a partnership with the Trump family’s crypto company, donated $2.1 million to MAGA Inc., on top of $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
When the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Eric Schiermeyer heard that President Trump was holding small group dinners with major donors, he saw opportunity.
Mr. Schiermeyer reached out to a lobbyist with connections in Mr. Trump’s orbit, who arranged for him to attend a dinner with the president at his private Mar-a-Lago club on March 1 in exchange for donations to a pro-Trump PAC called MAGA Inc. totaling $1 million.
The personal and corporate donations were among dozens of seven- and eight-figure contributions to MAGA Inc. from crypto and other interests revealed in a campaign finance filing on Thursday night that hinted at the access Mr. Trump accords those willing to pay.
At the dinner, Mr. Schiermeyer, who had never given a federal political donation before, presented an idea for a cryptocurrency called “U.S.A. Token” that would be distributed to every citizen, according to interviews and a flier he distributed to attendees that sets out details of the proposal. He hoped it could be supported through a federal contract with his company.
When the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Eric Schiermeyer heard that President Trump was holding small group dinners with major donors, he saw opportunity. Mr. Schiermeyer reached out to a lobbyist with connections in Mr. Trump’s orbit, who arranged for him to attend a dinner with the president at his private Mar-a-Lago club on March 1 in exchange for donations to a pro-Trump PAC called MAGA Inc. totaling $1 million. The personal and corporate donations were among dozens of seven- and eight-figure contributions to MAGA Inc. from crypto and other interests revealed in a campaign finance filing on Thursday night that hinted at the access Mr. Trump accords those willing to pay. At the dinner, Mr. Schiermeyer, who had never given a federal political donation before, presented an idea for a cryptocurrency called “U.S.A. Token” that would be distributed to every citizen, according to interviews and a flier he distributed to attendees that sets out details of the proposal. He hoped it could be supported through a federal contract with his company.

The war on crypto never ends. The war on privacy, civil rights, security and freedom of speech never ends.

This time we are dangerously close to lose. The "Child Sexual Abuse" (CSA) EU regulation proposal, more aptly nicknamed "ChatControl", will be voted AGAIN this October, and many countries who opposed it last year are now undecided. The proposal at its roots aims at allowing authorities to break end-to-end encryption for the usual reason: "because of the children". As a father of two, I am disgusted by this recurring, cheap rhetoric.

What you can do: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/#WhatYouCanDo

#eu#CSA#CSAM#ChatControl #privacy #security #surveillance #authoritarianism #crypto #cryptography #civilrights

An excerpt from Patrick Breyer's website, stating:

The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence

The EU Commission proposes to oblige providers to search all private chats, messages, and emails automatically for suspicious content – generally and indiscriminately. The stated aim: To prosecute child sexual exploitation material (CSEM). The result: Mass surveillance by means of fully automated real-time surveillance of messaging and chats and the end of privacy of digital correspondence.

Other aspects of the proposal include ineffective network blocking, screening of personal cloud storage including private photos, mandatory age verification resulting in the end of anonymous communication, appstore censorship and excluding minors from the digital world.
An excerpt from Patrick Breyer's website, stating: The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence The EU Commission proposes to oblige providers to search all private chats, messages, and emails automatically for suspicious content – generally and indiscriminately. The stated aim: To prosecute child sexual exploitation material (CSEM). The result: Mass surveillance by means of fully automated real-time surveillance of messaging and chats and the end of privacy of digital correspondence. Other aspects of the proposal include ineffective network blocking, screening of personal cloud storage including private photos, mandatory age verification resulting in the end of anonymous communication, appstore censorship and excluding minors from the digital world.

The war on crypto never ends. The war on privacy, civil rights, security and freedom of speech never ends.

This time we are dangerously close to lose. The "Child Sexual Abuse" (CSA) EU regulation proposal, more aptly nicknamed "ChatControl", will be voted AGAIN this October, and many countries who opposed it last year are now undecided. The proposal at its roots aims at allowing authorities to break end-to-end encryption for the usual reason: "because of the children". As a father of two, I am disgusted by this recurring, cheap rhetoric.

What you can do: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/#WhatYouCanDo

#eu#CSA#CSAM#ChatControl #privacy #security #surveillance #authoritarianism #crypto #cryptography #civilrights

An excerpt from Patrick Breyer's website, stating:

The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence

The EU Commission proposes to oblige providers to search all private chats, messages, and emails automatically for suspicious content – generally and indiscriminately. The stated aim: To prosecute child sexual exploitation material (CSEM). The result: Mass surveillance by means of fully automated real-time surveillance of messaging and chats and the end of privacy of digital correspondence.

Other aspects of the proposal include ineffective network blocking, screening of personal cloud storage including private photos, mandatory age verification resulting in the end of anonymous communication, appstore censorship and excluding minors from the digital world.
An excerpt from Patrick Breyer's website, stating: The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence The EU Commission proposes to oblige providers to search all private chats, messages, and emails automatically for suspicious content – generally and indiscriminately. The stated aim: To prosecute child sexual exploitation material (CSEM). The result: Mass surveillance by means of fully automated real-time surveillance of messaging and chats and the end of privacy of digital correspondence. Other aspects of the proposal include ineffective network blocking, screening of personal cloud storage including private photos, mandatory age verification resulting in the end of anonymous communication, appstore censorship and excluding minors from the digital world.

Donald Trump is making out like a bandit through crypto scams, and some people see it as an easy way to buy influence.

On Tech Won’t Save Us, I spoke with Jacob Silverman to discuss how Trump is deregulating crypto and the continued tech-MAGA alliance.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/287_trumps_crypto_profiteering_is_worse_than_you_think_w_jacob_silverman

#tech #crypto #donaldtrump #bitcoin #corruption #scams #politics

🚨Tron was linked to more illicit crypto activity than any other blockchain last year—58%, per a report.

Donald Trump just expanded his partnership with it.

My story for @Forbes

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#crypto #trump #tron

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/06/17/trump-stablecoin-crypto-justin-sun-tron-world-liberty-financial-usd1/

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Understanding the #nastyfew: human parasites in the era of #climatechaos and social breakdown

In this accelerating collapse – where #climatechaos spirals and #neoliberalism guts the very idea of society – we urgently need to confront a painful truth: it’s simple, the #nastyfew are a parasite class. And that this class feeds on the very foundations of well-being, survival, and joy that the majority of the global population desperately needs. They are the ones who keep the engines of destruction humming, not out of necessity, but out of greed and fear of irrelevance. These people and […]

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Understanding the #nastyfew: human parasites in the era of #climatechaos and social breakdown

In this accelerating collapse – where #climatechaos spirals and #neoliberalism guts the very idea of society – we urgently need to confront a painful truth: it’s simple, the #nastyfew are a parasite class. And that this class feeds on the very foundations of well-being, survival, and joy that the majority of the global population desperately needs. They are the ones who keep the engines of destruction humming, not out of necessity, but out of greed and fear of irrelevance. These people and […]

lol back in 2022 both Steve Bannon and Steven Cheung (the trump spokesman whose corporeal form resembles nothing so much as the horrifying outcome of an experiment with an ogre and a donut got terribly wrong) worked on #BrockPierce's senatorial campaign.

Brock Pierce, for those who remember, was the co-founder of one of the most infamous fully confirmed hollywood pedophile rings in US history and was arrested in Marbella in a house full of guns and child pornography prior to becoming a crypto evangelist. he co-founded #Tether, a massive crypto fraud called #EOS, blockchain capital (current owners of #Bluesky) and so much more. he's also tight with #Netanyahu's son Yair.

* politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/22/bannon-is-helping-a-vermont-crypto-bro-get-elected-to-the-senate-00027264
* more on brock pierce's relationship to epstein: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/crypto-epstein

#StevenCheung#SteveBannon#MAGA #trump #uspol#corruption #crypto #netanyahu #epstein #epsteinfiles #epsteincoverup #magaCivilWar#Tether

3/ btw if anyone is curious why i’m asserting that brock pierce, autumn radtke, and isabel maxwell were friends / already part of the same social group before Epstein invited Brock to speak at his conference and then Autumn "fell" out of that 25th story window, this is why:

#BrockPierce#Tether#AutumnRadtke#IsabelMaxwell#GhislaineMaxwell#RobertMaxwell #epstein #epsteincoverup #epsteinfiles #uspol #crypto #bitcoin #crime

2/ neither CNBC nor WSJ ran with a headline that even sort of implies Autumn Radtke committed suicide, instead using adjectives like "mysterious" and “unexplained” to describe her defenestration from a Singaporean high rise and subsequent demise.

one of the last people to see #AutumnRadtke alive was Steve Beauregard, chief executive and founder (with #BrockPierce) of #Singapore based GoCoin.

#epsteincoverup #epstein #epsteinfiles #uspol #trump #magacivilwar #bitcoin #crypto#Tether

when i wrote my piece on Epstein's #crypto connections I forgot that #IsabelMaxwell (#Ghislaine's sister) was connected to #BrockPierce even before she invited Pierce to speak at epstein's #Mindshift conference.

Brock Pierce is a big nexus of connection from #Epstein to things like crypto and confirmed pedophile rings (other than his own).

both Maxwell & Pierce were socially close to a crypto broette named #AutumnRadke who died under extremely mysterious circumstances back in 2014. most people think she "fell out of a window", putin style.

* Epstein/Crypto: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114903591655332953
* NY Post on Radke's death: https://nypost.com/2014/03/06/bitcoin-firm-ceo-jumped-to-her-death-neighbor/

#jeffreyepstein #epsteinFiles#EpsteinList#HowardLutnick #trump#MAGAcivilwar#MAGA#BrockPierce#SteveBannon#ReidHoffman#PeterThiel#NerdReich#NetworkState#TheNerdReich#PamBondi#EhudBarak#Israel#Mossad#KGB#GhislaineMaxwell#RobertMaxwell #ukpol #uspol #uspolitics #eupol#CIA #intelligence#MI6#Tether#ValarVentures#EpsteinCoverup#Singapore

lol back in 2022 both Steve Bannon and Steven Cheung (the trump spokesman whose corporeal form resembles nothing so much as the horrifying outcome of an experiment with an ogre and a donut got terribly wrong) worked on #BrockPierce's senatorial campaign.

Brock Pierce, for those who remember, was the co-founder of one of the most infamous fully confirmed hollywood pedophile rings in US history and was arrested in Marbella in a house full of guns and child pornography prior to becoming a crypto evangelist. he co-founded #Tether, a massive crypto fraud called #EOS, blockchain capital (current owners of #Bluesky) and so much more. he's also tight with #Netanyahu's son Yair.

* politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/22/bannon-is-helping-a-vermont-crypto-bro-get-elected-to-the-senate-00027264
* more on brock pierce's relationship to epstein: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/crypto-epstein

#StevenCheung#SteveBannon#MAGA #trump #uspol#corruption #crypto #netanyahu #epstein #epsteinfiles #epsteincoverup #magaCivilWar#Tether