Epic Games confirmed that an account believed to be linked to Jeffrey Epstein on the popular game Fortnite was a hoax, as revealed on February 6, 2026. The company stated that an existing player changed their username to "littlestjeff1" after the alias appeared in the Epstein files, according to The Verge.
The revelation came amidst a flurry of news regarding Epstein's financial dealings. Newly released documents from the Department of Justice showed that Epstein had invested in the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and the Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream before his 2019 suicide, according to Fortune. His investment in Coinbase represented less than 1% of the company's equity. The documents did not disclose the extent of Epstein's stake in Blockstream.
In other news, a division of the U.S. Agency for International Development, eliminated by the Trump administration last year, was reborn as an independent nonprofit. This was made possible by $48 million in donations from two private donors, according to Fortune. The reincarnation of USAID's Development Innovation Ventures as the nonprofit DIV Fund allows its international work to continue.
Meanwhile, the release of industry-specific plug-ins for Anthropic's new Claude Cowork tool triggered a selloff across enterprise software stocks earlier in the week, as investors worried about the impact of AI tools. Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 4.6, an advanced AI model capable of conducting sophisticated professional tasks, which could further heighten market anxiety, according to Fortune.
In a separate development, a journalist's attempt to expose fraud in a Minnesota social program was met with skepticism, according to Hacker News. The journalist's methods were criticized, but the story gained traction due to sensationalized framing and support from aligned media and politicians.
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