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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How Real Are Real World Assets?
11 min
527
Bitcoin Enthusiasm Returns: The Five Most Impor...
25 min
528
Could Prometheum's Custody Plans Force the SEC ...
13 min
529
Bitcoin Breaks Out as ETF Flows Normalize
14 min
530
The SEC Shoves New Market Maker Rule Through
12 min
531
Will Anything Useful Be Built This Crypto Cycle?
14 min
532
Bitcoin Bull Bukele Cruises to Second Term in E...
15 min
533
Why the Bitcoin ETF Will Never Be the Same as T...
6 min
534
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto and M...
23 min
535
Tether Made More Money Than Goldman Sachs Last ...
15 min
536
Powell Says No Rate Cuts in March
15 min
537
Layoffs at Block
11 min
538
The State of Bitcoin Mining Heading into the Ha...
13 min
539
Bitcoin Shows the Growing Supremacy of the ETF
15 min
540
The Top Five Crypto Stories This Week
28 min
541
Q4 GDP Was Better Than Expected: What Does It M...
12 min
542
When Will the GBTC Selling End!?!
14 min
543
China's Stock Market Struggles
14 min
544
Binance SEC Hearing Goes Much Less Well Than Co...
14 min
545
Court Orders FTX Independent Examiner
15 min
546
The Five Biggest Stories in Crypto this Week
33 min
547
Trump Pledges No CBDCs
15 min
548
The Huge Significance of the Coinbase vs. SEC H...
16 min
549
Stablecoin Wars at Davos!
14 min
550
Larry Fink Is Coming for an ETH ETF Next
13 min