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.

Latest from Nathaniel Whittemore

Markets

Why Are Traditional Investors So Hungry for Yield Curve Control?

When FOMC minutes suggested the Federal Reserve might not employ yield curve control, the markets reacted angrily.

Aug 23, 2020

Markets

People Aren’t Buying the ‘Great American Recovery’ Narrative

Despite the stock market returning to all-time highs, many can’t shake the feeling that all is not well in the economy.

Aug 22, 2020

Markets

Winter Is Coming: Examining the Economy's Eight-Body Problem

From the devastation of the service industry to never-ending central bank intervention, these factors make predicting the future of the economy nearly impossible.

Aug 21, 2020

Markets

The Most Pro-Bitcoin Politicians in the US

Whether fighting for reduced taxes for staking or regulatory sandboxes for tokens, these politicians break the mold when it comes to digital assets.

Aug 20, 2020

Markets

S&P5 vs. S&P 500: The Real Story of the Stock Market Recovery

The S&P 500 has recovered to hit new all-time highs but how real is it, and how are leading finance minds interpreting the recovery?

Aug 19, 2020

Markets

How Excess Capital and Low Interest Rates Reshaped Silicon Valley, Feat. Chris McCann

A conversation with a VC about changes in fintech, crypto and how public market trends shape the startup scene.

Aug 18, 2020

Markets

What’s Actually Happening With Inflation Right Now

The numbers are all over the place and the narratives are even more complicated, so what’s the real story with inflation?

Aug 17, 2020

Markets

Is Asteroid Mining Really Our Best Argument for Bitcoin Over Gold?

After a Winklevoss encounter highlights Elon Musk’s space mining dreams, maybe we should remind ourselves of the right-here-at-home benefits bitcoin brings.

Aug 16, 2020

Markets

Here Comes the Most Bizarre Bull Market Yet

Social unrest on the one hand, “Degen Finance” on the other. Strap in for a very weird bull run.

Aug 15, 2020

Markets

Fortnite vs. Apple and Google Is the Internet's First ‘World War’

What’s truly at stake in Epic Games' battle with Apple and Google is the power to shape and profit from the future of digital experiences.

Aug 14, 2020