Nathaniel Popper

{{Short description|American journalist}}

Nathaniel Popper is a journalist for The New York Times covering finance and technology from San Francisco.{{cite web|title=Articles by Nathaniel Popper|url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/nathaniel-popper|website=New York Times}} He previously worked for the Los Angeles Times,The Forward, Let’s Go Travel Guides and The Boston Globe.[http://talkingbiznews.com/1/nyt-biz-desk-hires-popper-from-latimes/ NYT biz desk hires Popper from LATimes] He studied history and literature at Harvard University, where he also played Junior Varsity Hockey.{{cite news |last1=Mikhailova |first1=Anna |title=Fame and Fortune: Bitcoin may be the future, but I won't risk it |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/fame-and-fortune-bitcoin-may-be-the-future-but-i-wont-risk-it-90n9v07gdkq |access-date=28 February 2022 |work=The Times |date=30 August 2015}}{{Cite news |last=Popper |first=Nathaniel |title=Brains on ice |work=Boston.com |url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2009/10/11/brains_on_ice/ |access-date=2022-05-10}}

Popper became interested in Bitcoin when he wrote an article that revealed how the Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, had amassed a large stockpile of Bitcoins.{{Cite news|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/as-big-investors-emerge-bitcoin-gets-ready-for-its-close-up/?mcubz=1|title=Never Mind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money|last=Popper|first=Nathaniel|work=DealBook|access-date=2017-09-12|language=en}} He then spent much of his time researching the origins of Bitcoin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/275412/digital-gold/|title=Nathaniel Popper|website=HarperCollins US|language=en|access-date=2017-09-12}} In 2015, he wrote Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money,{{cite book | url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062362490/digital-gold | title=Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money | publisher=Harper | author=Popper, Nathaniel | year=2015 | pages=416 | isbn=978-0062362490}} a book that includes the story of early Bitcoin supporters.{{cite news |last1=Montag |first1=Ali |title=6 must-read books about bitcoin |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/28/4-books-to-become-a-cryptocurrency-expert.html |access-date=28 February 2022 |publisher=CNBC |date=28 December 2017}} The book was a finalist for the 2015 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.{{Cite news|url=https://ig.ft.com/sites/business-book-award|title=Best business books|last=Graphics|first=FT Interactive|work=FT Business book of the year award|access-date=2017-09-12|language=en-GB}}

While based in New York, Popper was responsible for covering Wall Street banks like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley. 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/nathaniel-popper|title=Nathaniel Popper|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Popper lives in Oakland, California, with his wife and two sons.