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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Mind-Bending Narrative Shifts in 2019

When it comes to crypto, narrative shifts represent shifts in mindshare. The most significant narrative of 2019? Digital currency wars.

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'Stacking Sats' vs. 'ETH Is Money' - The Memes That Shaped 2019

NLW breaks down ten memes and narratives that dominated the crypto conversation in 2019.

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The Productization of Bitcoin Maximalism

NLW discusses the rise in bitcoin only businesses and “blockchain not crypto” in China vs. “digital assets not blockchain” in US financial firms.

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Authoritarian Airdrop: Maduro 'Gifts' Petros to Venezuelans for Christmas

Discussing new trials of an LN point-of-sale app; updates in consumer & institutional crypto derivatives, and Venezuelan petros as holiday bonuses.

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Why the ECB Is Getting in on the Stablecoin Game

Discussing the ECB's recent stablecoin comments, the resurfacing of some prominent 2017 token projects and a debate: Is crypto for criminals?

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PODCAST: Introducing ’The Breakdown’ With Nathaniel Whittemore

In the debut episode, Nathaniel discusses recent regulatory action, DeFi project on bitcoin, and a new social media protocol initiative from Twitter.

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PODCAST: Meltem Demirors on the 3 Things Bitcoin Represents

On this episode of Bitcoin Macro: "For traditional investors, it's sort of a challenging paradigm when these three things are wrapped together."

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PODCAST: Josh Brown on Why Bitcoin Is Like the 1800s Railroad Boom

On this episode of Bitcoin Macro: "In the 1800s we had a bubble in railroads, and almost every one of them went bankrupt."

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PODCAST: Kaiko's Ambre Soubiran on Bitcoin's 'Intrinsic Value'

On this episode of Bitcoin Macro: "The fact that it works and that it has been working for 10 years has value."

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PODCAST: Ikigai's Travis Kling on Why Bitcoin Is a 'Baby X-Man'

Travis Kling of Ikigai Asset Management explains why bitcoin is currently a risk asset, but showing signs of a future safe-haven asset.

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