The Breakdown With NLW Episode

Why the CEO of New York Life Just Joined the Board of One of Bitcoin's Fastest-Growing Companies

The news comes just days after NYDIG’s announcement of a $200 million financing round including New York Life, Mass Mutual and George Soros as investors.

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The news comes just days after NYDIG’s announcement of a $200 million financing round including New York Life, Mass Mutual and George Soros as investors.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Casper.

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Today on The Breakdown, NLW catches up on the news from the past few days, looking at:

  • NFTs heating up – and capturing some negative attention in the process
  • Infrastructure acquisitions and M&A heat up
  • Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act 2021
  • Coinbase’s $100B valuation
  • NYDIG’s $200M round and new board member

See also: Meet the $10B Asset Manager With a 10,000 BTC Treasury, feat. NYDIG’s Robby Gutmann

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HOST

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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