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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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This Bitcoin Dip Was Not Caused by FUD
While there was plenty of FUD flying around, it wasn’t the real reason prices pulled back so significantly.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 22, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 22, 2021
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Why the World's Largest Asset Manager Is Getting Into Bitcoin
As BlackRock gets ready to make its first foray into bitcoin, innovation-focused ARK ETF flows surpass that of BlackRock.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 21, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 21, 2021
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Is Janet Yellen Bitcoin's Biggest Enemy or Greatest Asset? Yes
As a new administration is sworn in, how will one if its most important officials – nominated Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen – impact the digital assets space?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 20, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 20, 2021
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Goldman Sachs Can No Longer Dismiss Bitcoin
According to a Goldman insider, the investment bank will leap into crypto custody soon.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 19, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 19, 2021
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Lyn Alden on Why the Dollar System No Longer Serves the US or the World
At the end of an 80-year global debt supercycle, who benefits from having the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 18, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 18, 2021
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‘America and Sound Money,’ the Most Important Bitcoin Essay of the Last Year
A reading of the “Stone Ridge 2020 Shareholder Letter” by Ross Stevens.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 17, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 17, 2021
BitcoinPodcastsThe Breakdown
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Crashes, Rallies and Stimulus: A Normal Week for 2021 Bitcoin
The second full business week of January has demonstrated many trends that NLW argues will shape bitcoin and crypto throughout the year.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 16, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 16, 2021
PodcastsThe Breakdown
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Will Mayor Suarez's Miami Be the First Major City to Buy Bitcoin?
The entrepreneurial mayor brings his recruitment of tech talent to the crypto space with the potential of a 1% investment of the city’s reserves into BTC.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 15, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 15, 2021
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The Definitive Breakdown of All Bitcoin FUD, With Dan Held
From “backed by nothing” to “China mining control,” a complete look at the best response to every category of bitcoin FUD out there.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 14, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. UTC
Jan 14, 2021
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A New SEC Chair Who Actually Understands Bitcoin and Crypto?
After his most recent stint teaching about blockchain at MIT, former CFTC head Gary Gensler is reportedly the next SEC Chair.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 13, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 13, 2021
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