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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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Breakdown 9.24
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Economy
Did Corporate Insiders Perfectly Predict the Market Top?
In August, the volume of personally owned stock sold by corporate executives reached its highest level since 2015, followed by a 10% decline in the S&P 500 in September.
Breakdown 9.24
By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 24, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 24, 2020
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Breakdown 9.23
Markets
Volatility
Violent Reflexivity: Why Market Movements Are More Aggressive Than Ever, Feat. Corey Hoffstein
How the Fed and the rise of passive investing and volatility strategies have combined to make market movements faster and more severe.
Breakdown 9.23
By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 23, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 23, 2020
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Bitcoin mining
Marty Bent on Why Bitcoin and Big Energy Are Unlikely Allies
Bitcoin mining can help big energy companies produce more efficiently, increasing American energy independence in the process.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 22, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 22, 2020
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Money laundering
The FinCEN Files Show Banks Don’t Actually Care About Stopping Money Laundering
The massive leak of suspicious activity reports shows how banks let the government know about likely money laundering, then go right on providing services.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 21, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 21, 2020
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Markets
Deflation
Lyn Alden’s Latest: Why Currency Devaluation Is Inevitable
This week’s “Long Reads Sunday” reading is from macro analyst Lyn Alden and focuses on the inflation vs. deflation debate in historical context.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 20, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 20, 2020
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Kraken
Why the First US Crypto Bank Is a Big Deal
Kraken became the first crypto exchange to win a U.S. banking license this week. Here’s why that matters.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 19, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 19, 2020
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Bitcoin
'I Didn't Buy It to Sell It. Ever.' MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor on His $425M Bitcoin Bet
The CEO of publicly traded MicroStrategy (MSTR) shares why he started to feel like he was “sitting on a 500-lb block of ice” and how he came to bitcoin as a solution.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 18, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 18, 2020
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Economy
Monetary Policy Is Finished and Macro Debates Are Boring, Feat. Raoul Pal
A wide-ranging conversation about the state of macro, why central banks can’t really do anything and why private markets are leading the future of money.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 17, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 17, 2020
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Markets
Kraken
Governments vs. Networks: The Battle for the Soul of Finance
Governments have significant discretion over economics and finance today, but decentralized network-driven alternatives threaten that control.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 16, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 16, 2020
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Markets
Economy
The Decade of the Living Dead: How Zombie Companies Are Robbing Tomorrow’s Economy
The percentage of companies that can’t afford to pay the interest on their debt has reached a new all-time high in the wake of central bank intervention.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 15, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 15, 2020
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