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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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A (Not Quite) Complete History of Money, Feat. Planet Money’s Jacob Goldstein
One of the hosts of NPR’s legendary “Planet Money” takes us on a whirlwind tour of some of the key moments of money history in the last 1,000 years.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Nov 3, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Nov 3, 2020
HistoryPodcastsThe BreakdownMoneyExplainers
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Who Is Better for Bitcoin, Trump or Biden?
In a chaotic year of dueling recriminations and very different visions of the future, the real question of this U.S. presidential election is: Who is better for bitcoin?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Nov 2, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Nov 2, 2020
PodcastsThe BreakdownElection 2020
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Bitcoin
By the Numbers: More Bitcoin Bulls Than Ever Before
A Long Reads Sunday reading of Grayscale’s recent “Bitcoin Investor Survey.”
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Nov 1, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Nov 1, 2020
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Iran
The World Is Never Getting Off Government Stimulus
The Breakdown weekly recap looks at bitcoin buying by Iran, JPM Coin and the latest round of lockdowns coming to Europe.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 31, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 31, 2020
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Why Satoshi Chose Halloween to Release the Bitcoin White Paper
Was Satoshi’s release of the Bitcoin White Paper an allusion to the Reformation or something to do with the ancient pagan tradition of Samhain?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 30, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 30, 2020
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Economy
Mirage Recovery: What ‘Record’ GDP Growth Tells Us About the Economy
The Department of Commerce’s new report shows 33.1% annualized GDP growth in Q3, but does this really tell us much about the state of the economy?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 29, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 29, 2020
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Economy
The ‘Everything Crash’ Is Coming? Markets Go Risk-Off as European Stocks See Worst Day in 5 Months
Stocks, oil, even gold are down on fears of resumed COVID-19 lockdowns, but bitcoin hodlers are keeping the faith.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 28, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 28, 2020
EconomyPodcastsThe BreakdownCOVID-19Market Crash
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JPMorgan Launches JPM Coin: Welcome to the Private Currency Era
The investment banking giant says the blockchain hype cycle has moved past inflated expectations and into the realm of being commercially viable.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 27, 2020 at 7:24 p.m. UTC
Oct 27, 2020
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Hedge Funds Failures, Bankruptcies and Pandemic Fatigue
As cases rise and the U.S. settles in for a fresh wave of COVID-19, the economic fallout from round one is still being felt, from hedge funds to bankruptcies and beyond.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 26, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 26, 2020
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Should We Care if the US Is Falling Behind on CBDCs?
A reading of two recent op-eds on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 25, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 25, 2020
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