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What Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary Means for Bitcoin and Markets

NLW looks at price action in crypto, the ETH 2.0 Beacon chain launching Dec 1, the Dow at 30,000 and Janet Yellen’s nomination as Treasury secretary.

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NLW looks at price action in crypto, the ETH 2.0 Beacon chain launching Dec 1, the Dow at 30,000 and Janet Yellen’s nomination as Treasury secretary.

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On this edition of The Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at what was an absolutely action-packed holiday week, discussing:

  • Bitcoin’s price action
  • The Dow’s 30,000 psychological milestone
  • Eth 2.0 cleared for Beacon chain launch
  • The implications of Janet Yellen’s nomination for Treasury secretary

This week on The Breakdown:

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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