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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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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2 of the 4 Best Performing Assets of 2024 Were ...
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The Ghosts of Bitcoin's Future
11 min
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The Ghosts of Bitcoin's Present
12 min
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The Most Important Essays in Crypto 2024
11 min
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The Ghosts of Bitcoin's Past
12 min
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Tether Steps Beyond Stablecoins
11 min
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One Crypto VC's 2025 Predictions
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The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
22 min
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Fed Cuts But Says That's It
13 min
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The SEC Sends a Parting Shot at the NFT Space
12 min
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Bitcoin in Santa Claus Mode Smashes to New ATH
11 min
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How to Unwind OCP 2.0
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The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
29 min
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$200k BTC and More Crypto 2025 Predictions
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Trump's $150k BTC Price Target
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Global Bitcoin Game Theory
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FOIA Requests Prove Operation Choke Point 2.0 i...
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Think $100K BTC Would Stop Beanie Baby Comparis...
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