Jeffrey Epstein Emails Show Plans to Meet Gary Gensler To Talk Crypto
Emails reveal Jeffrey Epstein planned to meet Gary Gensler to discuss digital currencies before Gensler became SEC Chair.Summary
Emails from the recently released Epstein files indicate that financier Jeffrey Epstein planned to meet with Gary Gensler, who was then a professor at MIT teaching blockchain, to discuss digital currencies in May 2018. Epstein mentioned the planned meeting to former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, who described Gensler as "pretty smart." The files also show Epstein referencing Gensler in connection with crypto-focused academic or policy circles and stating he would be "with Gary Gensler on crypto tomorrow," though the documents do not confirm if a direct meeting occurred or if any financial relationship existed between them. This correspondence highlights Epstein's extensive engagement with early crypto leaders, academics, and policymakers, which also included significant donations to MIT's Media Lab supporting the Digital Currency Initiative, and investments in firms like Coinbase.
(Source：BeInCrypto)