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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Markets

China Stocks Surge and NYC Real Estate Craters: 5 Stories Shaping Markets Today

The story of the economy as told by five macroeconomic indicators including Chinese stocks, New York City real estate, coronavirus cases and more.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Jul 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 6, 2020

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Markets

Podcasts

It’s Time for a Revolution in Financial Education, Feat. Tyrone Ross

To decrease wealth inequality, one passionate financial adviser argues why financial education needs different content, from different voices, delivered through different chan...

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Jul 4, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 4, 2020

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Markets

Okcoin

Here’s How to Expand Who Contributes to Bitcoin Core

A Bitcoin Core dev and her exchange partner discuss Bitcoin and privacy and how to incentivize more developers to contribute to the protocol.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Jul 3, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 3, 2020

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Markets

Robinhood

Why the Robinhood Revolution Is the Future of Finance, Feat. Jill Carlson

Far from a fly-by-night, uneducated mania, the new day trader class represents a much more significant force for how public markets are changing.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Jul 2, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 2, 2020

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Markets

Satoshi nakamoto

Satoshi’s Unappreciated Marketing Genius, Feat. Dan Held

There is a constant free market competition to define the Bitcoin narrative, and Kraken’s Dan Held argues this is part of what makes the protocol so strong.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Jul 1, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 1, 2020

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Markets

Economy

‘It Sure Doesn’t Feel Like the Greatest Economy of All Time,’ Feat. George Gammon

The host of the rapidly growing Rebel Capitalist podcast joins to talk macro, inflation and the almighty battle for ideas.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Jun 30, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 30, 2020

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Markets

Tuur demeester

How the Fed Fans the Flame – The Best of The Breakdown June 2020

Guests from the crypto investor Ari Paul to Harvard prof Dr. Vikram Mansharamani discuss bitcoin, the economy and social unrest.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Jun 29, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 29, 2020

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Markets

Economy

Welcome to the Groundhog Day Economy (PS, It Sucks)

As states shutter economic activity because of preventable COVID-19 outbreaks, it’s deja vu all over again.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Jun 27, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 27, 2020

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Markets

Memes

How Monopolies Sow the Seeds of Their Own Destruction, Feat. Tuur Demeester

The managing partner of Adamant Capital joins for a conversation about what the Protestant Reformation and the French Revolution can teach us about bitcoin.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

Jun 26, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 26, 2020

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