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

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Raoul Pal on the Coming Transformation of Monetary and Fiscal Policy

The founder of Real Vision joins NLW for a discussion of CBDCs, bitcoin and why he remains "irresponsibly long."

Breakdown 2020-12-21 - Raoul Pal

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Why Bitcoin and Rehypothecation Don’t Mix

A reading of Jeffrey Snider’s latest essay and Caitlin Long’s companion tweet thread.

Breakdown 12.20 - Jeffrey Snider and Caitlin Long

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Preston Pysh on Why Currencies Fail

An encore presentation of NLW’s conversation with Preston Pysh recorded on March 12 – the infamous Black Thursday.

Breakdown 12.19 - Preston Pysh

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Balaji Srinivasan on Communist Capital vs. Woke Capital vs. Crypto Capital

One of the internet’s most fluid thinkers joins to give a brief history of the future.

Breakdown 12.18 - Balaji Srinivasan

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The CIO of $230B AUM Guggenheim Just Called for $400,000 BTC

A recap of 5+ insanely bullish stories that got buried in the bitcoin price action.

Breakdown 12.17 - insanely bullish bitcoin stories

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Why $20,000 Bitcoin Matters

Validation. Psychology. FOMO. NLW looks at why today’s price achievement marks a turning point in bitcoin’s history.

Breakdown 12.16

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Will Wall Street Ruin Bitcoin? Featuring Ben Hunt and Alex Gladstein

As traditional financial institutions line up to get into bitcoin, a debate on whether it can stay permissionless and censorship resistant.

Breakdown 12.15 - Ben Hunt Alex Gladstein Wall Street Bitcoin

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JPMorgan Discusses $600B in Potential New Bitcoin Demand

MassMutual’s $100M BTC investment has the potential to open a massive new investment category, according to analysts.

Breakdown 12.14 - bitcoin demand

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How Much Debt Can a Country Handle?

As conventional wisdom grows that central banks can go more deeply into debt than previously thought, one economist asks, how much is too much?

Breakdown 12.13 - debt

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The Bitcoin Banking Battle Heats Up

Banks are moving into crypto and crypto companies are trying to become banks, so how does it all play out?

Breakdown 12.12 - crypto banking