Nat Eliason: Crypto Confidential

The Orbit Marketing Podcast

Nat Eliason started publishing essays online in 2013. Since then, his work has been read by millions of people and lead to multiple spin-off businesses including a marketing agency and a café.

In 2022, Nat become completely obsessed with Crypto, and went from outsider to earning millions of dollars within 1 year.

His new book, Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance, is an "unfiltered, insider's account of the hyperactive, hyper-speculative, hyper-addictive, nearly unregulated, completely insane world being built on the blockchain."

Louis and Kyle have been enthusiastic fans of Nat's work since 2018 and it was a "dream come true" to interview Nat on the show.

This conversation covers:

00:00:00 - Transitioning to Long-Term Games

00:05:44 - An Unhealthy Obsession with Crypto

00:08:52 - Separating Happiness From of Financial Success

00:12:34 - The Dangers of Chasing Quick Riches

00:14:37 - Pursuing Childhood Dreams

00:22:37 - How To Write The Perfect Scene

00:31:17 - A Potential Bestseller?

00:37:10 - Meeting Famous Figures

00:45:32 - From Short-Term Games to Long-Term Commitment

00:51:43 - A Quasi Pop Epistemology Book

Links and Resources:

→ Crypto Confidential: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593714040

→ Nat's Blog: https://www.nateliason.com/

→ Nat's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nat_eliason/

→ Nat's Twitter: https://twitter.com/nateliason

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