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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Investing
26
Is Crypto Becoming Fintech? | Nick Almond
32 min
27
Fintech Might Absorb Crypto | The Breakdown
24 min
28
Crypto Can Build The Agent Economy | The Breakdown
28 min
29
Crypto, AI and the Permanent Underclass | The B...
27 min
30
Crypto Can’t Accept That It’s a Subculture | T...
35 min
31
Crypto’s Ownership Problem | The Breakdown
26 min
32
The Myth of the “Most Used” Blockchain | The Br...
23 min
33
Why Privacy Coins Aren’t Enough | The Breakdown
26 min
34
NLW's Last Breakdown
15 min
35
Tether Goes Fully American and Doubles Down on ...
8 min
36
The Breakdown with David Canellis | Teaser
1 min
37
Market Structure Thaw as Stablecoin Fight Inten...
9 min
38
Gold Mania and a Bitcoin Stall
9 min
39
Bitcoin Meets Davos
8 min
40
The Macro Market Crash and the End of the Old O...
8 min
41
The Stablecoin Yield Standoff
8 min
42
Bitcoin Wakes Up
8 min
43
Phase Two of Institutional Bitcoin Adoption
9 min
44
Powell Under Prosecution and the End of Fed Ind...
12 min
45
Morgan Stanley Goes All In on Crypto
9 min
46
Bitcoin’s Cautious Green Start to 2026
9 min
47
Venezuela Shockwaves and the New Geopolitics of...
11 min
48
Bitcoin Starts 2026 in Uncharted Territory
9 min
49
The 2025 Bitcoin Year in Review
15 min
50
Coinbase Comes for All of Finance
12 min