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
The Continued Fallout of the Tornado Cash Arrests
13 min
702
Markets Shrug Off Predictable Powell at Jackson...
12 min
703
Tornado Cash Arrests: Attack on Terrorism or At...
12 min
704
WSJ Says Binance Facing Trouble Over Sanctions ...
14 min
705
The Next Phase of Stablecoin Competition Begins...
13 min
706
"The SEC Is Floundering"
13 min
707
What Progressives Should Understand About Crypto
11 min
708
Tornado Cash Sanctions Upheld In Court
11 min
709
Why Bitcoin Just Flash Crashed
14 min
710
A Primer on China's Current Economic Turmoil
17 min
711
Coinbase Launches Crypto Policy Coalition as FD...
12 min
712
Why A Pro-Bitcoin, Anti-Central Bank Economist ...
16 min
713
A Flurry of Amicus Briefs in Coinbase vs. SEC
14 min
714
The Bitcoin Genie Isn't Going Back in the Bottle
16 min
715
The Massive Significance of the PayPal Stablecoin
13 min
716
Why Post Malone Is Against CBDCs
13 min
717
Will Coinbase's Launch of BASE Ignite the Crypt...
14 min
718
Did the Fed Just Institutionalize Operation Cho...
14 min
719
PayPal's Stablecoin is the (Second) Biggest Cry...
14 min
720
Crypto and the Major Questions Doctrine
13 min
721
How Stablecoins Could Save the Dollar's Global ...
10 min
722
Worldcoin Iris Scanning Shut Down in Kenya
14 min
723
A Primer on LK-99
17 min
724
Binance: Too Big to Jail
12 min
725
Is the US Credit Rating Downgrade a Nothingburger?
15 min