Weekly Roundup 02/06/26 (Bitcoin bloodbath, Digesting Epstein's Emails, Ethereum rethinks L2s) (EP.699)

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Bitcoin grapples with the fallout of the Epstein Emails Did Jeffrey Epstein influence Bitcoin development? Is Bhutan selling their Bitcoin? Do Bitcoin devs care about quantum? Is Bitcoin Core under the influence with sophons Kyle Samani steps back from Multicoin What Samani's departure means for crypto Is web3 dead forever? Vitalik starts second-guessing the L2-centric roadmap Tether is trading at a slight discount Content mentioned in this episode: Nic on Substack, Bitcoin developers are mostly not concerned about quantum risk

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