Nathaniel Popper is currently the journalist in residence at the Tarbell Fellowship.
He covered Wall Street and Silicon Valley for The New York Times for over a decade. Before that, he worked at the Forward and the Los Angeles Times in New York City. His work has been featured in several documentaries, including the recent Netflix production Bitconned.
Nathaniel’s first book was Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Reinventing Money. The book, the definitive account of Bitcoin’s origin story, was published by HarperCollins and was a New York Times Editors Choice, an Amazon Editors Pick, and a finalist for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year.
His most recent book, The Trolls of Wall Street: How the Outcasts and Insurgents Are Hacking the Markets is a tale of money, masculinity, power and online culture. It was released in June 2024 by Dey Street Books.
Nathaniel is represented by Pilar Queen at United Talent Agencies.
BOOKS
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harpercollins
MAY 2015
The definitive history of Bitcoin’s origins, “Digital Gold” was a New York Times Editors Choice, an Amazon Editors Pick, and a finalist for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year.
Walter Isaacson, author of “The Innovators” and “Steve Jobs,” said it is “an amazing story... Popper has produced a riveting tale filled with colorful innovators that is crucial reading for anyone who wants to understand the future.”
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Dey Street Books
JUNE 2024
“The Trolls of Wall Street” tells the dramatic story of a new generation of financial strivers who went from the fringes of the internet to the front pages of newspapers.
Joe Nocera, author of “All the Devils Are Here, said it is “a brilliant exploration of human behavior in the internet age,” and the Next Big Idea Club called it a “must read.”
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Netflix
Film: Featured Character and Consulting Producer
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Optimist Films
“This is Not Financial Advice”
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FX and The New York Times Presents
The Teenager Who Hacked Twitter
TV: Narrator and Reporter
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Fresh Air
Audio: Featured Guest
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The Daily
Opioid Dealers Embrace the Dark Web
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Planet Money
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Netflix
Film: Featured Expert
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The New York Times Magazine
“The Robots Are Coming for Wall Street”
A young computer scientist funded by Goldman Sachs worries about the jobs he is destroying at Goldman Sachs.
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The New York Times - Sunday Business
“How Floyd Mayweather Helped Two Young Guys From Miami Get Rich”
Celebrity endorsements are helping start-ups raise big money in so-called initial coin offerings. But it is not always clear what they are selling.
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The Nation
Raul Hilberg, the first historian to document the banality of Nazi evil, nursed a lifelong grudge against the woman who borrowed from and popularized his work, Hannah Arendt.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A story about a Pittsburgh sports revolution.
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The New York Times - Opinion
“What Baby Formula Does for Fathers”
It’s harder to parent equally when you can’t feed your child.
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The New York Times - Sunday Business
Gabriel Jiménez hated the Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro. When he built the regime a digital coin, he nearly paid with his life.
