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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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Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Paul Tudor Jones: A Bet on Bitcoin Is a Bet on Human Ingenuity
A recap of an exceptionally bullish week for bitcoin and crypto as a whole.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 24, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 24, 2020
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Argentina
Why Fiats Are Failing in 2020
From Brazil to Argentina to Turkey, bitcoin priced in local currencies is reaching all time highs. But is this a story of bitcoin succeeding, fiat failing or both?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 23, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 23, 2020
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Google
‘Google Is One of the Most Important Antitrust Cases of All Time,’ With Matt Stoller
The author of “Goliath” gives his take on the history of American antitrust politics and what it means for the just-announced Google case.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 22, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 22, 2020
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Paypal
PayPal Adds Bitcoin: Most Bullish News of the Year?
PayPal will offer its U.S. customers buying and selling of crypto, with support for payments to its merchant network next year.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 21, 2020 at 3:21 p.m. UTC
Oct 21, 2020
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Bitcoin
How Strong Is Bitcoin’s Push Above $12,000?
Who has the most recent bitcoin move right, the bulls or the bears?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 20, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 20, 2020
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Imf
A New ‘Bretton Woods’ Moment?
The IMF has said it’s time to re-evaluate the global economic order, but what does that really mean?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 19, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 19, 2020
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How Stocks, Bitcoin and Other Investments Fare in a 0% Interest Rate World
On Long Reads Sunday, a reading of a John Street Capital piece on the realities of a market characterized by zero-bound interest rates.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 18, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 18, 2020
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The NSC Labels Blockchain a National Security Issue
On the weekly recap, NLW looks at growth in institutional investment, big interest among the G20 in CBDCs and a new National Security Council report.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 17, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 17, 2020
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Music
RAC on the First Truly Free Markets for Music and Culture
Grammy-winning recording artist RAC explores the business of music and how crypto experiments could shift the balance of power.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 16, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 16, 2020
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Bitcoin
Is Crypto Converging With Public Markets?
Between bitcoin treasury holdings growing and crypto-focused SPACs, private crypto markets and public equities markets are closer than ever.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 15, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 15, 2020
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