From: Steven Sinofsky To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Bitcoin and DC Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:48:56 +0000 Importance: Normal hup://www.washingtonpost.comThlogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/21/heres-how-bitcoin-charmed-washington/ I'm up 50% on my BTC investment! Here's how Bitcoin charmed Washington E TIMOTHY B. LEE November 21 at 2:52 pm The Bitcoin Foundation's Patrick Murck testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (US Senate) The Bitcoin Foundation's Patrick Murck testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. (U.S. Senate) The pair of Bitcoin hearings held this week by Senate committees could have been a disaster for the Bitcoin community. After all, Bitcoin first came to mainstream attention in 2011 when Gawker reported on Silk Road, an anonymous online marketplace that allowed users to purchase a wide variety of illegal drugs with Bitcoin. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) denounced the site and suggested that Bitcoin was "an online form of money laundering." A few months ago, it would have EFTA00976881