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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Could This Actually Be An Amazing Setup for Bit...
21 min
77
Wall Street Discovers the “Debasement Trade”
12 min
78
ICE Invests $2 Billion in Polymarket
10 min
79
The TradFi-Crypto Fusion Is Here
10 min
80
Bitcoin Breaks $125,000: The October Melt-Up Is On
11 min
81
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
19 min
82
Bitcoin’s Favorite Month Has Arrived
11 min
83
Government Shutdown Hits as Politics Markets an...
11 min
84
SEC & CFTC Call a Truce on Crypto Regulation
10 min
85
Kraken’s $15B Secret Raise and the Race to IPO
8 min
86
Friday Five: Tether’s $500B Play, SEC Opens the...
22 min
87
Agentic Payments and the Next Internet Economy
10 min
88
Tether’s Half-Trillion Dollar Valuation
10 min
89
Bitcoin’s September Shakeout: $1.7B in Liquidat...
9 min
90
Senate Democrats Push for Bipartisan Role in Cr...
9 min
91
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
21 min
92
Fed Cuts Rates Amid Rising Labor Market Risks
11 min
93
Google’s New Agent Payments Protocol and What I...
10 min
94
Coinbase Considers Token Launch
10 min
95
Checking In On Last Week’s Crypto IPOs
10 min
96
Friday Five: SEC Turns Pro-Crypto, Tokenization...
19 min
97
SEC Chair: "Crypto’s Time Has Come"
8 min
98
Senate Democrats Unveil Competing Crypto Market...
11 min
99
Soft Jobs Report Clears the Way for Fed Cuts
11 min
100
Stripe’s Tempo Chain and the Return of Enterpri...
14 min