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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Tyrone Ross on Why Financial Advisors Are Taking Notice of DeFi
Financial advisor and crypto advocate Tyrone Ross joins for hot takes on financial advisors, DeFi and the most important company in crypto.
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Why 'Crypto Dad' Is Building the Digital Dollar Foundation
With the proverbial digital currency barbarians at the gate, ex-CFTC chair Christopher Giancarlo launches a digital dollar initiative.
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Why Crypto's 'Rogue State' Narrative Is a Risk to the Industry
From a North Korean blockchain conference to a sanctions-evading crypto hedge fund, does this type of activity present a narrative risk to the crypto industry as a whole?
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Mati Greenspan on the Technical and Macro Roots of Bitcoin's Price Surge
As BTC surges, is it fundamentals, technicals or macro context? Former eToro analyst Mati Greenspan breaks it down.
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Narrative Watch: The Hunt for Crypto's Killer App
As a Brooklyn Nets player tokenizes his contract, are income share agreements poised to break out as one of crypto’s killer apps?
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ANALYSIS: The Global Game of Coins Heats Up
A new paper from the PBoC says the “top-level” design of its digital currency is complete while AMLD5 in Europe is causing crypto companies to flee.
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Narrative Watch: Why 2020 Will Be the Year of the DAO
2019 saw the launch of MolochDAO, MetaCartel, MarketingDAO and more than 1,000 DAOs on Aragon. Will 2020 be even bigger?
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Travis Kling on Bitcoin as a Safe Haven Asset
Ikigai’s Travis Kling looks at BTC's correlation to gold and crude in response to Iran missile strikes, plus SEC priorities and Congressional intrigue.
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Hamstringing an Industry With Compliance Costs
The risk to the industry when crypto companies have to spend millions on compliance, plus new BTC mining in TX and the IMF on digital currencies.
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Taking the TON Out of Telegram
Discussing how bitcoin might react to Iran and a rise in instability, plus news that TON won’t be in Telegram and reviewing the Nakamoto.com dust up
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