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"From: Joichi Ito To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Fwd: Digital Currency Initiative"

"I hired one of Megan's former colleagues ... we moved quickly ... This is a big win for us."

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

"Gavin Andresen ... announced on his blog Wednesday that he and two other core developers ... had moved to the MIT Media Lab's new Digital Currency Ini"

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

"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"

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

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

"former Chief Economist of the IMF, Simon Johnson"