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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Why a Massive 169-Year-Old Insurance Company Just Bought $100M in Bitcoin

MassMutual becomes the latest announced institutional buyer of bitcoin, and this one could be even more significant in terms of precedent.

Breakdown 12.11 - MassMutual Bitcoin

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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on a Bitcoin ETF, Custody Rules and What's Next for the SEC

The SEC commissioner explains why the SEC’s approach has been “too slow and too ambiguous” and why she’s optimistic for 2021.

Breakdown 12.10 - Hester Peirce SEC ETF

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The Most Important Trends and People Shaping Crypto 2020, With Ryan Selkis

The Messari CEO goes over the highlights of his just-released annual “Crypto Theses” report.

Breakdown 12.9 - Ryan Selkis

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A De Facto Bitcoin ETF? MicroStrategy Is Raising $400M to Buy More BTC

Michael Saylor announced plans to offer convertible bonds with the express intent to buy BTC. The community reacts.

Breakdown 12.8 - MicroStrategy ETF $400M

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China's Latest Digital Currency Trial Is Its Most Important Yet

More money, more participants, more participating banks and merchants – a look inside the latest DC/EP trial in Suzhou.

Breakdown 12.7 - China digital currency

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Niall Ferguson on Why Bitcoin and China Are Winning the Monetary Revolution

The well-known economic historian connects the dots between bitcoin and CBDCs in the COVID-19 money era.

Breakdown 12.6 - Niall Ferguson Bitcoin China

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$50K BTC in 2021? Bloomberg Analysts Join the 'Traditional Onslaught' Driving Bitcoin's Rally

A new crypto outlook from Bloomberg suggests BTC could reach $50,000 in 2021, topping off a month of major institutional momentum for the asset.

Breakdown 12.5 $50k BTC Bloomberg

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A ‘Santa Claus Rally’ for the Stock Market?

Since 1969, 34 out of 45 years have seen a late December rally. Here are 5 reasons why that might not happen this year.

Breakdown 12.4 - Santa Claus Rally

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Why Stablecoins Are the First Battleground of the Coming Crypto Regulation Wars

The STABLE Act would force all stablecoin issuers to have bank licenses, a shot across the bow that portends an emerging legal challenge for the industry.

Breakdown 12.3 STABLE Act

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Josh Brown on Bitcoin’s ‘Respectability Rally’ and Why We’ll See Dow 100,000 in Our Lifetime

One of finance’s most colorful personalities joins NLW to discuss how advisers spend their money, Robinhood traders, bitcoin and more.

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