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#SupplyGate and the Battle to Frame Crypto’s Next Bull Run

Why the ether supply dust-up was about much more than the supply of ether.

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Why the ether supply dust-up was about much more than the supply of ether.

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Today on the Brief:

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  • The latest Core Inflation statistics
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Our main discussion: What’s the Ethereum #SupplyGate really about

NLW breaks down:

  • The historical narratives bitcoiners and ether advocates hold relative to one another
  • The history of dominant narratives in crypto over the last three years
  • Why the next bull market is poised for a twin narrative combining bitcoin as a hedge against fiat debasement and DeFi as a money-making sandbox
  • What happened with #SupplyGate
  • Why #SupplyGate is as much about narrative competition as it is about the supply of ether

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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.

Nathaniel Whittemore