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