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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Is the Chinese Stimulus Walkback Bullish for Bi...
13 min
352
Did an HBO Documentary Just Reveal Satoshi's Tr...
10 min
353
Could a Robinhood Exec End up SEC Chair?
13 min
354
How the Jobs Report Changes Rate Cut Calculus
13 min
355
Bitcoin's Incontrovertible Political Winning
10 min
356
JP Morgan on BTC and the Debasement Trade
13 min
357
Judge Declares Prediction Markets Legal in US
14 min
358
The Market Reaction to Iranian Bombing
13 min
359
Is Uptober On the Menu for Bitcoin?
15 min
360
Tornado Cash Case Going to Trial
13 min
361
The Plot to Destroy Silvergate and Debank Crypto
42 min
362
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto Last ...
25 min
363
China Brings Out the Stimulus Bazooka
15 min
364
Defeated-Seeming Gensler Takes Congressional Sh...
16 min
365
Judge Agrees with Coinbase in Public Hearing
9 min
366
Kamala's First Comments on Crypto Spark Yet Mor...
13 min
367
A Contentious House Hearing on the SEC
13 min
368
Was the Jumbo Rate Cut "Normalization" or Signs...
14 min
369
Genius or Grifter: World Liberty Financial
11 min
370
SEC Backs Off But Gaslights on "Crypto Asset Se...
13 min
371
Why Data Needs Decentralization
10 min
372
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
31 min
373
What the CPI Says About The Fed's Next Moves
13 min
374
What Happened in the First Ever Congressional D...
12 min
375
The Story in the Latest Bitcoin Price Action
14 min