Documents released by the US Department of Justice in the case of financier Jeffrey Epstein have given rise to claims of possible Israeli control over the cryptocurrency market. With this statement on social network X talk SwanDesk platform head Jacob King.
According to him, the published documents contain correspondence between Epstein and Japanese businessman Joichi Ito. In it, according to King, funding was discussed for individual Bitcoin Core developers, who were said to have secretly received money and gifts from the Israeli side.
King claims Israel coordinated with Epstein and invested in Blockstream. According to him, this structure has partnered with stablecoin issuer Tether and has had a significant impact on the cryptocurrency market. Separately, he claimed that the state allegedly paid the salaries of about 60% of Bitcoin developers.
According to King, participation in Blockstream can impact the cost of cryptocurrencies by issuing non-asset-backed stablecoins, as well as control the growth of the Bitcoin network through hiring key developers and owning a significant portion of nodes.
Previously, in the same documents about the Epstein case, journalists drew attention to an unusual comment about French President Emmanuel Macron. The financier, in conversation with an interlocutor from Germany, made assumptions about the personal preferences of the French leader.
