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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Will Debanking Actually End Now?
8 min
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The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
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278
The History of Operation Chokepoint 2.0
20 min
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New SEC Crypto Task Force Announces New Era of ...
11 min
280
Is the US Sovereign Wealth Fund a Sneaky Proxy ...
11 min
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Why the Trump Tariffs Aren't Actually Economic ...
21 min
282
The American Argument for Tokenizing Everything
17 min
283
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
29 min
284
Stock Tokenization and the Fight Against Accred...
12 min
285
Powell: Banks Can Serve Crypto Industry
17 min
286
Why China's DeepSeek AI Model Crashed Bitcoin
15 min
287
What the Crypto Executive Order Actually Says
13 min
288
Crypto Values for a New Era
9 min
289
The Five Most Important Stories in an Absolutel...
32 min
290
The Newly Pro-Crypto SEC Gets a Running Start
12 min
291
Ross Ulbricht Has Been Pardoned
12 min
292
The Trump Crypto Era Begins with a Surprise Mem...
13 min
293
Making the US the Crypto Capital of the World
13 min
294
SEC to Hit the Ground Running on Crypto
22 min
295
Bitcoin's Big $100K Rebound
15 min
296
The Great Bitcoin Market Upsizing
13 min
297
Macro Roils After Surprising Jobs Report (and B...
13 min
298
E. Warren's CFPB Tries Some Midnight Crypto Rul...
13 min
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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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