Nate Whitehill is the CEO and co-founder of CryptoSlate, a crypto news and data publication. He founded the platform with Matthew Blancarte in Seattle in 2017. His work focuses on product development, partnerships and business strategy.
CryptoSlate
CryptoSlate combines reporting and analysis with market data, asset profiles and directories of companies, products and people. Its coverage includes Bitcoin, Ethereum, regulation, macroeconomics and the technology used across digital asset markets.
Whitehill's background in web development and product design informs his work on the platform's user experience and information tools. CryptoSlate's masthead identifies his responsibilities as product, partnerships and strategy, alongside Matthew Blancarte's engineering role and Liam “Akiba” Wright's leadership of the newsroom.
Leadership in crypto media
Whitehill is one of the longest-serving CEOs in crypto media, having led CryptoSlate continuously since co-founding the publication in 2017. His tenure spans more than nine years and multiple market cycles.
During that time, he has helped guide CryptoSlate's development from an early news and market data platform into a publication with reporting, analysis, directories and product reviews. He continues to lead its product development, partnerships and business strategy.
Earlier ventures
Before CryptoSlate, Whitehill co-founded Highlighter, an education technology company that worked on digital course materials and student engagement. Highlighter was part of Techstars Seattle's 2010 class. He is also a co-founder of Zenzio Incorporated, the company behind CryptoSlate.
