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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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What’s Really Behind SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s Crypto Speech
Crypto Twitter cannot decide the impact of Gensler’s comments, while others still push to focus on the infrastructure bill.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Aug 4, 2021 at 7:07 p.m. UTC
Aug 4, 2021
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The Senate Meets the Cyber-Hornets: The Nascent Crypto Lobby Is Actually Effective
Policymakers are forced to listen as backlash to the infrastructure bill continues.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Aug 3, 2021 at 7:31 p.m. UTC
Aug 3, 2021
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A Partial Victory in the Infrastructure Bill Battle
Crypto allies rally to soften the more problematic parts of the bill.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Aug 2, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Aug 2, 2021
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Gaming
Gaming as a Tool of Economic Empowerment
A new essay argues player-driven digital economies create new economic opportunities.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Aug 1, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Aug 1, 2021
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Regulation
Crypto Allies Rally and Race to Fix the Infrastructure Bill
With the infrastructure bill moving closer to passage, can crypto companies and their allies in government roll back the most dangerous provisions?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jul 31, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 31, 2021
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BlockFi’s Lead Investor Bows Out Amid Regulatory Uncertainty
Investors are becoming wary as Vermont becomes the fourth state to scrutinize BlockFi.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jul 30, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. UTC
Jul 30, 2021
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Congress
The Senate Shoves a Dangerous, Last-Minute $28B Crypto Provision Into the Infrastructure Bill
The bipartisan bill contains potential impacts to crypto intermediaries.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jul 29, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 29, 2021
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Decentralization
How Decentralized Is DeFi?
Uniswap’s removal of a set of assets from its interface has the community asking just how decentralized is the platform.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jul 28, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 28, 2021
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US Senate Banking Committee Asks ‘What Are Cryptocurrencies Good For?’
Sherrod Brown and Elizabeth Warren paint bitcoin’s populism as phony marketing.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jul 27, 2021 at 7:28 p.m. UTC
Jul 27, 2021
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Are Amazon Rumors Behind Bitcoin’s Biggest Surge in Months?
This weekend’s upward market movements could have come from a variety of driving forces.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jul 26, 2021 at 7:25 p.m. UTC
Jul 26, 2021
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