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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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Why We Should Stop Thinking of ‘Crypto’ as a Single Industry
Enterprise blockchains, central bank digital currencies, digital collectibles, DeFi, and bitcoin. How much do they really have to do with one another?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 20, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 20, 2020
PodcastsThe Breakdown
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Markets
Podcasts
Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov on What DeFi Can Learn From Early Exchange Hacks
A breakdown of the role of price oracles in the recent DeFi attacks, plus what DeFi can learn from early exchange hacks.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 19, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 19, 2020
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Tech
Dydx
Is It Exploitation Season for DeFi?
Are two recent attacks taking advantage of "flash loans," low liquidity and price oracle issues the first of more to come?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 18, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2020
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Markets
Federal reserve
The Top Narratives Driving Crypto Market Growth, Feat. Travis Kling
The halving? Coronavirus and volatility? Fed action? Listeners vote on what's driving crypto growth.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 14, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 14, 2020
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Policy
Privacy
The US Government's Mixed Signals on Digital Currency Privacy
As the Treasury Department prepares for more stringent AML enforcement around cryptos, the Fed says a digital dollar should preserve privacy.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 13, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 13, 2020
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Markets
Education
Puppets, Pundits and Partnerships: Why Crypto Sentiment and Prices Are Soaring
With blockchain puppets (we really mean it) on TV, CNBC pushing the bitcoin-as-gold narrative and The Guardian seeing connections between coronavirus and bitcoin's recent rall...
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 12, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 12, 2020
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Finance
Bitcoin
Muneeb Ali Explains Blockstack's Big Bet on Bitcoin
Blockstack is integrating the security and the incentive of bitcoin to its ecosystem. CEO Muneeb Ali explains the changes.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 11, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 11, 2020
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Policy
Sec
On the Frontlines of the SEC Safe Harbor Proposal With CoinList Co-Founder Andy Bromberg
Will a newly proposed "safe harbor" transform the U.S. regulatory landscape for token projects? CoinList co-founder Andy Bromberg discusses.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 10, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 10, 2020
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Markets
Kraken
Kraken’s Dan Held on What’s Different About Bitcoin at $10K This Time
As bitcoin inches towards $10,000, @nlw is joined by Kraken’s Dan Held to discuss how the narrative, infrastructure and audience have changed since this price last year.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 7, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 7, 2020
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Markets
Federal reserve
The Federal Reserve Has Its ‘Come to Satoshi’ Moment
Shifting a stance of mostly ignoring CBDCs, a Federal Reserve governor says the Fed is now actively studying the possibility of a US digital currency.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 6, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 6, 2020
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