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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ICE Invests $2 Billion in Polymarket
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The TradFi-Crypto Fusion Is Here
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Bitcoin Breaks $125,000: The October Melt-Up Is On
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The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
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Bitcoin’s Favorite Month Has Arrived
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Government Shutdown Hits as Politics Markets an...
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SEC & CFTC Call a Truce on Crypto Regulation
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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...
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Agentic Payments and the Next Internet Economy
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Tether’s Half-Trillion Dollar Valuation
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Bitcoin’s September Shakeout: $1.7B in Liquidat...
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Senate Democrats Push for Bipartisan Role in Cr...
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The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
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Fed Cuts Rates Amid Rising Labor Market Risks
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Google’s New Agent Payments Protocol and What I...
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Coinbase Considers Token Launch
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Checking In On Last Week’s Crypto IPOs
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Friday Five: SEC Turns Pro-Crypto, Tokenization...
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SEC Chair: "Crypto’s Time Has Come"
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Senate Democrats Unveil Competing Crypto Market...
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Soft Jobs Report Clears the Way for Fed Cuts
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Stripe’s Tempo Chain and the Return of Enterpri...
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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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