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"From: Jeffrey E. [email protected] To: Joichi Ito Ma Subject: Re: Digital Currency Initiative"

"On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Joichi Ito wrote: FYI Used gift funds to underwrite this which allowed us to move quickly and win this round. Thanks"

"Used gift funds to underwrite this which allowed us to move quickly and win this round. Thanks."

"I hired one of Megan's former colleagues... to run the initiative and he is doing an amazing job so far."

"I hired one of Megan's former colleagues from the White House, Brian Forde... to run the initiative"

"the three developers decided to join the Media Lab. This is a big win for us."

"Wladimir van der Laan and Cory Fields, had moved to the MIT Media Lab's new Digital Currency Initiative"

"Advisory Council member Jim Pallotta is also active in this space"

"Brian Forde who was in charge of figuring out Bitcoin at the White House and brief the POTUS"