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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Government Shutdown Hits as Politics Markets an...
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SEC & CFTC Call a Truce on Crypto Regulation
10 min
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Kraken’s $15B Secret Raise and the Race to IPO
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Friday Five: Tether’s $500B Play, SEC Opens the...
22 min
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Agentic Payments and the Next Internet Economy
10 min
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Tether’s Half-Trillion Dollar Valuation
10 min
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Bitcoin’s September Shakeout: $1.7B in Liquidat...
9 min
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Senate Democrats Push for Bipartisan Role in Cr...
9 min
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The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
21 min
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Fed Cuts Rates Amid Rising Labor Market Risks
11 min
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Google’s New Agent Payments Protocol and What I...
10 min
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Coinbase Considers Token Launch
10 min
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Checking In On Last Week’s Crypto IPOs
10 min
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Friday Five: SEC Turns Pro-Crypto, Tokenization...
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SEC Chair: "Crypto’s Time Has Come"
8 min
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Senate Democrats Unveil Competing Crypto Market...
11 min
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Soft Jobs Report Clears the Way for Fed Cuts
11 min
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Stripe’s Tempo Chain and the Return of Enterpri...
14 min
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The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
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The Fed’s Big Stablecoin Shift
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Exchanges Get the Green Light to Offer Crypto
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Bitcoin Seasonality Means A Messy September Set...
13 min
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Brazilification Risk and the Fight for Fed Inde...
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Whales Unload Billions As Bitcoin Plunges To Si...
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A Nothingburger Speech that Moved Markets
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