BRRR: Biden Readies a New $3T Stimulus Package

What a new package including more direct payouts to citizens plus big infrastructure spending mean for bitcoin and markets as a whole.

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What a new package including more direct payouts to citizens plus big infrastructure spending mean for bitcoin and markets as a whole.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch: Stacks.co.

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Our main discussion: upcoming stimulus plans

As the dust (finally? sort of?) settles on elections that began last year, the Democrats are looking to jump right out of the gate with a new set of stimulus plans, including both payments to individuals as well as big infrastructure spending.

In this episode, NLW discusses the specifics we know so far, the potential challenges to get these plans passed and what the implications for bitcoin might be.

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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.