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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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Inflation
Inflation Is the Cruelest Tax
A reading of a new piece on inflation from the Wall Street Journal that NLW argues shows a shifting mainstream narrative.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 4, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 4, 2020
InflationWall Street JournalPodcastsThe Breakdown
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Podcasts
'The Fed Meetings Are a Dead Spectator Sport' – Best of The Breakdown September 2020
A monthly recap featuring conversations with Luke Gromen, Raoul Pal, Tavi Costa, Sven Henrich, Corey Hoffstein and Michael Saylor.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 3, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 3, 2020
PodcastsThe BreakdownMichael Saylor
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Markets
Bitmex
'Good Reason to Worry': What the BitMEX Indictment Means for DeFi and Bitcoin, Feat. Stephen Palley and Preston Byrne
Crypto legal experts join NLW to discuss the U.S. government’s case against BitMEX and its implications for the broader ecosystem.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 2, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 2, 2020
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Markets
Investing
10 Popular Investing Beliefs We Should Be Questioning
NLW dives into a viral twitter thread asking people which financial conventional wisdom they disagree with.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Oct 1, 2020 at 6:59 p.m. UTC
Oct 1, 2020
InvestingTreasury BondPodcastsThe Breakdown
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Markets
Podcasts
DeFi Summer; Bitcoin Fall
The attention may have been with DeFi when it was warm, but as the cold winds of COVID-19 return fears and election volatility blow, bitcoin is resuming narrative dominance.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 30, 2020 at 8:14 p.m. UTC
Sep 30, 2020
PodcastsDeFiThe Breakdown
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Podcasts
So Now They’re Hacking DeFi Protocols Before They’ve Even Launched?
When the DeFi degens caught wind of a new pre-release Andre Cronje project they piled in, only to get $16 million hacked away in a flash.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 29, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 29, 2020
PodcastsDeFiThe BreakdownFlashloansEminence
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Markets
Coinbase
Coinbase’s New Policy: Anti-Woke or Just a Joke?
CEO Brian Armstrong’s letter has not just the crypto world but the larger world of tech and business talking about the role of corporations in society.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 29, 2020 at 7:45 p.m. UTC
Sep 29, 2020
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Twitter
Why Bitcoin's Longest Run Above $10,000 Matters
Bitcoin has been above $10,000 for even longer than the record 2017-18 run, giving confidence to long-term HODLers in the process.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 28, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 28, 2020
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Currency
Understanding the Coming Currency Cold War
Will the future of currency be led by the U.S., China, Bitcoin or some combination we can barely imagine today?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 27, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 27, 2020
CurrencyPodcastsThe Breakdown
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Economy
Why the Stock Market Is Poised for Its Worst September Since 2011
Last week saw the third-biggest outflow from stock funds in history, and the dollar is the strongest it’s been since April. Here’s what’s going on.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 26, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 26, 2020
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