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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401
China Brings Out the Stimulus Bazooka
15 min
402
Defeated-Seeming Gensler Takes Congressional Sh...
16 min
403
Judge Agrees with Coinbase in Public Hearing
9 min
404
Kamala's First Comments on Crypto Spark Yet Mor...
13 min
405
A Contentious House Hearing on the SEC
13 min
406
Was the Jumbo Rate Cut "Normalization" or Signs...
14 min
407
Genius or Grifter: World Liberty Financial
11 min
408
SEC Backs Off But Gaslights on "Crypto Asset Se...
13 min
409
Why Data Needs Decentralization
10 min
410
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
31 min
411
What the CPI Says About The Fed's Next Moves
13 min
412
What Happened in the First Ever Congressional D...
12 min
413
The Story in the Latest Bitcoin Price Action
14 min
414
Recession or Soft Landing?
14 min
415
Crypto's Pervasive Quiet Quitting
13 min
416
Uniswap Settles with CFTC
13 min
417
The SEC's Vicious "Qualified Custodian" Trap
12 min
418
What September Has In Store For Bitcoin
14 min
419
Bitcoin as a DeFi Platform
7 min
420
Crypto and the Fight for Freedom
25 min
421
Is This the SEC's Most Brazen Crypto Attack Yet?
14 min
422
The State Department's Unconscionable Abandonme...
9 min
423
What We Learned (If Anything) From Powell's Jac...
11 min
424
Just How Big a Deal is the Arrest of Telegram C...
16 min
425
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
25 min