PANews reported on February 5th that Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr called for Blockstream co-founder and CEO Adam Back to resign. This follows documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice revealing connections between the late convicted criminal Jeffrey Epstein and several figures in the crypto industry. The documents mention that Epstein indirectly invested in Blockstream through funds related to MIT Media Lab and had email correspondence with several Blockstream co-founders and other figures in the crypto space.

Dashjr stated that the documents revealed "deep-seated corruption" and mentioned his long-standing disagreements with Back, including the controversy surrounding his lack of recognition as a co-founder of Blockstream. The documents also mention Epstein's connections to other crypto companies such as Coinbase and Tether, with Epstein investing $3 million in Coinbase in 2014.

Adam Back denied having any direct or indirect financial relationship with Epstein, but did not respond to whether he had visited Epstein's private island. Blockstream and other relevant parties have not yet commented further.

Previously, Blockstream's CEO clarified that there was no financial connection between them and Epstein .