Nathaniel’s upcoming book, “The Trolls of Wall Street,” was named a “must read” by the Next Big Idea Club. It will be released on June 11, 2024 by Dey Street Books. Pre-order now.
Author, journalist & producer.
Nathaniel Popper has reported and written about technology, finance, culture and history for over two decades. He is currently working on a mix of book, magazine, film and audio projects.
His upcoming 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 will be released on June 11, 2024 by Dey Street Books.
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.
Nathaniel and his work were featured in the recent Netflix documentary Bitconned. He also published the definitive account of Bitcoin’s origin story in 2015, “Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Reinventing Money.” The book 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.
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
COMING June 11, 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. This is the tale of how social media, crypto and startups like Robinhood and Reddit allowed for the formation of a powerful online movement in which an unlikely online gang created a powerful cultural movement that upended global financial markets.
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Netflix
Film: Featured Character and Consulting Producer
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Optimist Films
“This is Not Financial Advice”
Film: Co-Producer
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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
Audio: Featured Guest
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Planet Money
Audio: Guest Host
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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.
