Nathaniel Popper is a journalist for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' covering finance and technology from San Francisco. He previously worked for the ''

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'', ''The'' ''Forward'', '' Let’s Go Travel Guides'' and ''

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''. He studied history and literature at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

, where he also played Junior Varsity Hockey. Popper became interested in

Bitcoin Bitcoin ( abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is a decentralized digital currency that can be transferred on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network. Bitcoin transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a public di ...

when he wrote an article that revealed how the Winklevoss twins,

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and

Tyler Winklevoss Tyler Howard Winklevoss (born August 21, 1981) is an American investor, founder of Winklevoss Capital Management and Gemini cryptocurrency exchange, and Olympic rower. Winklevoss co-founded HarvardConnection (later renamed ConnectU) along with ...

, had amassed a large stockpile of Bitcoins. He then spent much of his time researching the origins of Bitcoin. In 2015, he wrote ''Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money,'' a book that includes the story of early Bitcoin supporters. The book was a finalist for the 2015

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. While based in New York, Popper was responsible for covering Wall Street banks like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and

Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment management and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in more than 41 countries and more than 75,000 employees, the f ...

. After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, he began writing about financial technology firms such as Social Finance, Credit Karma and Square, along with continuing to cover Bitcoin, Ethereum and the blockchain. Popper lives in Oakland, California, with his wife and two sons.

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