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.

Nathaniel Whittemore

Latest from Nathaniel Whittemore


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Taylor Monahan on Crypto’s Divergent Possibilities in 2020

Why 2020 represents a fundamental dividing line between cypherpunk crypto and government & corporate co-opted crypto.

Taylor Monahan

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Tom Shaughnessy and Jordan Clifford on Layer 1 Wars, Token Economics and a Shift to Applications

The big story of 2019 was "quiet" building. When it comes to 2020, however, watch out for fireworks.

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Katherine Wu on DeFi and the Inevitability of the Digital Yuan

How DeFi found its footing in 2019 and what it means that 2020 will see the launch of a Chinese digital yuan.

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Camila Russo and David Hoffman on the 2020 DeFi Outlook

Why the undisputed narrative of 2019 was the rise of DeFi and why 2020 promises even more exciting developments.

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Marty Bent on the Macro Fires on the Horizon

From a trade war tweeting president to protests in Hong Kong, 2019 saw global instability (and in turn, the raison d’etre for bitcoin) increase.

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Rob ‘Crypto Bobby’ Paone and Preethi Kasireddy on Fundraising, Halvings and the Long Steady Slog of Crypto

Why 2019 was a long, steady slog of behind the scenes building and why 2020 promises more of the same.

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Meltem Demirors on Government Digital Currencies and Why ‘The Halvening’ Gets Weird

Why the narrative of 2019 was the emergence of Central Bank Digital Currencies and why the halving won’t go as people expect

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Peter McCormack on a Defiant New Era for Bitcoin

Why the narrative of 2019 was protest and dissent and why 2020 will see bloodletting in the alt markets.

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Art Haus Ethereum Meets Bitcoin Financialization

NLW discusses two ends of the crypto spectrum: the emergence of bitcoin derivatives as a key 2019 trend vs. a new bonding-curve powered fashion DAO

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Should the Government Have a Say in Where You Can Invest?

NLW discusses forthcoming changes to US accredited investor laws and looks at a trend of DeFi companies looking to become more decentralized in 2020.

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