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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Nic Carter: 'If You’re Not Radicalized, You’re Not Paying Attention'

Castle Island Ventures and Coin Metrics co-founder joins to discuss cascading crises, crypto dollarization and the state of the bitcoin narrative.

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Bitcoin, Stablecoins, DeFi and Privacy: How COVID-19 Is Changing Key Crypto Narratives

How the once-in-a-generation COVID-19 pandemic is shifting the way with think and talk about different parts of the crypto industry - from bitcoin to DeFi to stablecoins.

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Corporate Socialism to Dying for the Dow: 7 Themes That Defined the Week

As another unprecedented week winds down, @NLW breaks down unlimited QE, digital dollars, the last break of institutional trust and more.

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How BlackRock Ended Up on Both Sides of the Bailout, Feat. Meltem Demirors

As BlackRock gets appointed to oversee bailouts to companies including BlackRock, how do we make an insane moment lead to good?

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Why the US' $2 Trillion Stimulus, Unlimited QE Will Expose the Monetary System’s Flaws

As the crypto community digests a new wave of government intervention, Michael Casey and Noelle Acheson join for a discussion.

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Cronyism, Zombie Companies and the True Cost of the Coronavirus, Feat. Morgan Creek's Mark Yusko

Why dependency culture, zombie corporations and debt jubilee could be the true cost of the coronavirus.

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Unlimited QE and Why Markets Can't Price In COVID-19

The Market reacts as the Fed announced effectively unlimited injections including a new array of direct asset purchase tools

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State Power After Coronavirus, Feat. Peter McCormack

An off-the-cuff conversation about state power, nuance in an age of tribalism and where bitcoin meets politics, with Peter McCormack.

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Can Open Source Networks Address Medical Shortages? Feat. Bruce Fenton

In this episode of The Breakdown, NLW talks open source ventilators, overreactions in monetary policy and the slippery, sticky slope towards helicopter money with Bruce Fenton.

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Why Bitcoin Is the Only Truly Free Market, Feat. Dan Tapiero

In the wake of Trump’s promise to “go big” on stimulus, where does bitcoin and its safe-haven narrative stand?

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