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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The Radical Sentiment Dichotomy Between Degens ...
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Bitcoin vs. Altcoins vs. Gold
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Why Crypto Sentiment is So Bad Right Now
12 min
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Will Debanking Actually End Now?
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The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
11 min
281
The History of Operation Chokepoint 2.0
20 min
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New SEC Crypto Task Force Announces New Era of ...
11 min
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Is the US Sovereign Wealth Fund a Sneaky Proxy ...
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Why the Trump Tariffs Aren't Actually Economic ...
21 min
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The American Argument for Tokenizing Everything
17 min
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The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
29 min
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Stock Tokenization and the Fight Against Accred...
12 min
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Powell: Banks Can Serve Crypto Industry
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Why China's DeepSeek AI Model Crashed Bitcoin
15 min
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What the Crypto Executive Order Actually Says
13 min
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Crypto Values for a New Era
9 min
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The Five Most Important Stories in an Absolutel...
32 min
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The Newly Pro-Crypto SEC Gets a Running Start
12 min
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Ross Ulbricht Has Been Pardoned
12 min
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The Trump Crypto Era Begins with a Surprise Mem...
13 min
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Making the US the Crypto Capital of the World
13 min
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SEC to Hit the Ground Running on Crypto
22 min
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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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