The Breakdown

The Breakdown dives into the deepest topics in crypto, blockchain, and the macro forces shaping markets and power structures. Each episode breaks down complex ideas into clear, grounded analysis — separating signal from noise across crypto, finance, and geopolitics.

Hosted by David Canellis, The Breakdown features explainers, interviews, and conversations with the people building, regulating, and challenging the financial system.

A Blockworks podcast.

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Why the Trump Tariffs Aren't Actually Economic ...
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The American Argument for Tokenizing Everything
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The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
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Powell: Banks Can Serve Crypto Industry
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Stock Tokenization and the Fight Against Accred...
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Why China's DeepSeek AI Model Crashed Bitcoin
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What the Crypto Executive Order Actually Says
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Crypto Values for a New Era
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The Five Most Important Stories in an Absolutel...
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The Newly Pro-Crypto SEC Gets a Running Start
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Ross Ulbricht Has Been Pardoned
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The Trump Crypto Era Begins with a Surprise Mem...
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Making the US the Crypto Capital of the World
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SEC to Hit the Ground Running on Crypto
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Bitcoin's Big $100K Rebound
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The Great Bitcoin Market Upsizing
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Macro Roils After Surprising Jobs Report (and B...
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E. Warren's CFPB Tries Some Midnight Crypto Rul...
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Is 2025 the Year of Crypto x AI Agents?
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The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
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Macro Jitters Roil the Crypto Markets
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Is the FDIC Whistleblower Account Real?
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Crisis Averted: Fed Vice Chair for Supervision ...
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Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Finally Has Smoking Guns
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