Weinstein: Epstein falsely claimed he ran an FX fund on a 727
Eric Weinstein · Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics · Aug 27, 2026 · at 51:23
Eric Weinstein explains how financial cover stories operate, recounting a past direct conversation with Jeffrey Epstein.
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“He told me that he ran a multi-strategy FX hedge fund, and then he needed a seven, 27. Because it had a trading for, and he filled it with yeshiva students because they were the only ones you could trust. He was extremely specific about using trend following, mean reversion, and carry as the three strategies. I think he didn't say, he said he didn't do any gamma trading you know, or options trading. That was a lie.”
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