The World Crypto Network Podcast The Bitcoin Group #481 - The Price - Blockstream Epstein - Crypto Bill - Crime Currency
Feb 9, 2026
01:21:40
Is bitcoin back or does a dead cat bounce twice?
Robert Allen (https://www.twitter.com/satoshisound)
Ben Arc (https://www.twitter.com/arcbtc)
Victoria Jones (https://www.twitter.com/satoshisound)
Thomas Hunt ( https://www.twitter.com/madbitcoins)
THIS WEEK:
Crypto Takes a Deep Slide Despite Trump’s Support
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/technology/bitcoin-price-drop-crypto-market.html
Source: NY Times
Blockstream has no financial links to Jeffrey Epstein, Adam Back says
https://www.theblock.co/post/387956/blockstream-jeffrey-epstein-adam-back
Source: The Block
EPSTEIN MET WITH NYDFS'S BEN LAWSKY DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF BITCOIN AND CRYPTO REGULATION, KNOWN AS THE BITLICENSE
https://twitter.com/kyletorpey/status/2018429962173423780?s=46
Source: Twitter | @kyletorpey
Interesting that @jason also used this framing in emails with his pal Epstein all the way back in 2011, warning Epstein that Amir and Gavin are "crazy open source folks" (idealists). Amir and Gavin ended up on different sides of the entrepreneur/idealist split though.
https://twitter.com/kyletorpey/status/2018406237218451632?s=46
Source: Twitter | @kyletorpey
Crypto bill talks picking up in Senate after clearing a key vote, Sen. Boozman says
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/05/boozman-crypto-cftc-regulation.html
Source: CNBC
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This weekend, Andrej Karpathy, a founding architect of OpenAI and the brains behind Tesla’s Autopilot, posted something that stopped the tech world cold.
https://twitter.com/_rob_wallace/status/2018339227956568379?s=46
Source: Twitter | @_rob_wallace
Strategy’s long road to nowhere
https://archive.is/20260202140136/https://www.ft.com/content/da5ec232-6435-4ff9-ae8f-759ccfc93bfe
Source: Archive
Bitcoin demand in Nancy Guthrie disappearance shows how crypto is becoming a more frequent feature of physical crimes
https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/bitcoin-demand-in-nancy-guthrie-disappearance/
Source: Fortune
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Robert Allen (https://www.twitter.com/satoshisound)
Ben Arc (https://www.twitter.com/arcbtc)
Victoria Jones (https://www.twitter.com/satoshisound)
Thomas Hunt ( https://www.twitter.com/madbitcoins)
THIS WEEK:
Crypto Takes a Deep Slide Despite Trump’s Support
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/technology/bitcoin-price-drop-crypto-market.html
Source: NY Times
Blockstream has no financial links to Jeffrey Epstein, Adam Back says
https://www.theblock.co/post/387956/blockstream-jeffrey-epstein-adam-back
Source: The Block
EPSTEIN MET WITH NYDFS'S BEN LAWSKY DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF BITCOIN AND CRYPTO REGULATION, KNOWN AS THE BITLICENSE
https://twitter.com/kyletorpey/status/2018429962173423780?s=46
Source: Twitter | @kyletorpey
Interesting that @jason also used this framing in emails with his pal Epstein all the way back in 2011, warning Epstein that Amir and Gavin are "crazy open source folks" (idealists). Amir and Gavin ended up on different sides of the entrepreneur/idealist split though.
https://twitter.com/kyletorpey/status/2018406237218451632?s=46
Source: Twitter | @kyletorpey
Crypto bill talks picking up in Senate after clearing a key vote, Sen. Boozman says
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/05/boozman-crypto-cftc-regulation.html
Source: CNBC
—-
This weekend, Andrej Karpathy, a founding architect of OpenAI and the brains behind Tesla’s Autopilot, posted something that stopped the tech world cold.
https://twitter.com/_rob_wallace/status/2018339227956568379?s=46
Source: Twitter | @_rob_wallace
Strategy’s long road to nowhere
https://archive.is/20260202140136/https://www.ft.com/content/da5ec232-6435-4ff9-ae8f-759ccfc93bfe
Source: Archive
Bitcoin demand in Nancy Guthrie disappearance shows how crypto is becoming a more frequent feature of physical crimes
https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/bitcoin-demand-in-nancy-guthrie-disappearance/
Source: Fortune
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