Some deal here was eventually closed, with Pierce and Epstein emailing each other to discuss exactly that.
The truly shocking thing about this series of emails is that Coinbase had no illusions about what money they were taking.
It, surprisingly, actually did the due diligence, looked into who wanted to invest, tried to meet with Epstein, and decided after this due diligence process that it should accept that funding.
What name could Coinbase's due diligence have turned up that it would have rejected? Convicted pedophiles weren't bad enough apparently.
In giving Epstein this opportunity to get into Coinbase early, many years before public market investors would have a chance, it enriched someone it knew was a sexual predator and a pedophile.
Coinbase is extraordinarily tolerant of pedophiles; it will collaborate with pedophiles, and it will enrich pedophiles.
When it comes to money for Coinbase, pedophilia isn't a deal-breaker.
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