Payments & Crypto Editor at JTHM — Cryptocurrency Payments, Bitcoin & Lightning Network, based in Austin, Texas.

Nadia Whitfield came to gambling sideways — through payments. She spent six years as a fintech product analyst in Austin working on card-processing fraud rules, which is where she learned how deposits actually clear and why some withdrawals mysteriously stall. She started writing about crypto casinos in 2019 because the space was full of people promising 'instant anonymous payouts' who had clearly never sent an on-chain Bitcoin transaction during a fee spike. At JTHM she owns everything banking: which coins settle fastest, when Lightning beats an on-chain send, and the honest truth about 'no-KYC' — that most offshore sites stay light until an AML flag or a big withdrawal, and then they don't. She rates VoltageBet and Wild.io for clean crypto cashiers and is openly skeptical of any site quoting bonuses in euros to American players. Weekends she's usually kayaking Lady Bird Lake or losing at her home poker game, which she insists is 'research.'
Specialisms: Cryptocurrency Payments, Bitcoin & Lightning Network, KYC & Banking.
Nadia is based in Austin, Texas and has spent 6+ years in the field. You can reach the team via our contact page.