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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701
BREAKING: Grayscale Wins Lawsuit Against SEC!
14 min
702
The Treasury's Broker Definition Could Crush US...
15 min
703
Crypto: It's So Over. We're So Back.
8 min
704
The Continued Fallout of the Tornado Cash Arrests
13 min
705
Markets Shrug Off Predictable Powell at Jackson...
12 min
706
Tornado Cash Arrests: Attack on Terrorism or At...
12 min
707
WSJ Says Binance Facing Trouble Over Sanctions ...
14 min
708
The Next Phase of Stablecoin Competition Begins...
13 min
709
"The SEC Is Floundering"
13 min
710
What Progressives Should Understand About Crypto
11 min
711
Tornado Cash Sanctions Upheld In Court
11 min
712
Why Bitcoin Just Flash Crashed
14 min
713
A Primer on China's Current Economic Turmoil
17 min
714
Coinbase Launches Crypto Policy Coalition as FD...
12 min
715
Why A Pro-Bitcoin, Anti-Central Bank Economist ...
16 min
716
A Flurry of Amicus Briefs in Coinbase vs. SEC
14 min
717
The Bitcoin Genie Isn't Going Back in the Bottle
16 min
718
The Massive Significance of the PayPal Stablecoin
13 min
719
Why Post Malone Is Against CBDCs
13 min
720
Will Coinbase's Launch of BASE Ignite the Crypt...
14 min
721
Did the Fed Just Institutionalize Operation Cho...
14 min
722
PayPal's Stablecoin is the (Second) Biggest Cry...
14 min
723
Crypto and the Major Questions Doctrine
13 min
724
How Stablecoins Could Save the Dollar's Global ...
10 min
725
Worldcoin Iris Scanning Shut Down in Kenya
14 min