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Nathaniel Whittemore

Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.

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Should the US Federal Reserve Buy Bitcoin?
A reading of Alex Treece’s recent “Why the US Needs Bitcoin.”
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 21, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 21, 2021
PodcastsThe Breakdown
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'I Am Not a Cat': The GameStop Hearing Shows How Desperately a New Financial System Is Needed
What we learned from the congressional hearing featuring representatives from Reddit, Melvin Capital, Citadel Securities and Robinhood.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 20, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 20, 2021
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Bitcoin Is Now a Trillion-Dollar Asset: Where Do We Go From Here?
The milestone isn’t just psychological, and potentially opens entire new groups of investors who couldn’t participate previously.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 19, 2021 at 6:15 p.m. UTC
Feb 19, 2021
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How 2,000 Years of Monetary History Led Us to Bitcoin, Feat. Nik Bhatia
A conversation with the author of the new book “Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies.”
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 18, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2021
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Coinbase Trades at a $77B Valuation as BTC Heads Towards a $1T Market Cap
An overview of key news, from a new DeFi Index fund for accredited investors to bitcoin shrugging off growing Treasury yields.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 17, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 17, 2021
PodcastsThe Breakdown
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Is $50,000 BTC the Beginning of a Bitcoin Supercycle?
As bitcoin reaches a new milestone all-time high, NLW asks whether we’ve broken out of a traditional halving-based market cycle to something bigger.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 16, 2021 at 4:46 p.m. UTC
Feb 16, 2021
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The Mainstream Media Narrative Shifts as Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley Come to Bitcoin
As another wave of major financial institutions announce bitcoin plans, it’s getting harder for the MSM to simply print the same old FUD.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 15, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 15, 2021
PodcastsThe Breakdown
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Why Comparing Bitcoin to Visa Doesn’t Make Any Sense
A reading of Nic Carter’s latest essay for CoinDesk on the inappropriateness of comparing the energy consumption of bitcoin and Visa transactions.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 14, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 14, 2021
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Corporate Crypto Makes Government Bans Less Likely
A recap of a swath of news about corporate players coming into the crypto space, and why it could change the landscape of regulation.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 13, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 13, 2021
PodcastsThe Breakdown
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Why Jay-Z's Bitcoin Trust Matters
Hip-hop mogul Sean Carter and Jack Dorsey are putting 500 BTC in a blind trust.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 12, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 12, 2021
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