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Dec 2021
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BREAKDOWN: Katherine Wu on What Gets Bui...

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The Coinbase Ventures investor gives her take on 2021.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

On this episode of “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza,” NLW is joined by Katherine Wu. Katherine invests in early-stage crypto companies with Coinbase Ventures. 

Find our guest on Twitter: @katherineykwu

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NYDIG, the institutional-grade platform for bitcoin, is making it possible for thousands of banks who have trusted relationships with hundreds of millions of customers, to offer Bitcoin. Learn more at NYDIG.com/NLW.

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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our holiday theme music is “Spike The Eggnog” by Two Dudes. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk.



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