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From: Steven Sinofsk yn Sent: 11/22/2013 3:48:56 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com] Subject: Bitcoin and DC Importance: — High http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/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 BY TIMOTHY B. LEE arte crarceoe 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 been easy to HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029963