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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101
Agentic Payments and the Next Internet Economy
10 min
102
Tether’s Half-Trillion Dollar Valuation
10 min
103
Bitcoin’s September Shakeout: $1.7B in Liquidat...
9 min
104
Senate Democrats Push for Bipartisan Role in Cr...
9 min
105
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
21 min
106
Fed Cuts Rates Amid Rising Labor Market Risks
11 min
107
Google’s New Agent Payments Protocol and What I...
10 min
108
Coinbase Considers Token Launch
10 min
109
Checking In On Last Week’s Crypto IPOs
10 min
110
Friday Five: SEC Turns Pro-Crypto, Tokenization...
19 min
111
SEC Chair: "Crypto’s Time Has Come"
8 min
112
Senate Democrats Unveil Competing Crypto Market...
11 min
113
Soft Jobs Report Clears the Way for Fed Cuts
11 min
114
Stripe’s Tempo Chain and the Return of Enterpri...
14 min
115
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
17 min
116
The Fed’s Big Stablecoin Shift
9 min
117
Exchanges Get the Green Light to Offer Crypto
10 min
118
Bitcoin Seasonality Means A Messy September Set...
13 min
119
Brazilification Risk and the Fight for Fed Inde...
14 min
120
Whales Unload Billions As Bitcoin Plunges To Si...
11 min
121
A Nothingburger Speech that Moved Markets
14 min
122
Crypto Narratives Becoming Reality
9 min
123
Markets Hold Their Breath in Wyoming
22 min
124
Fed Governor Waller Says Crypto Adoption Is Not...
12 min
125
Crypto at a Crossroads in Wyoming
15 min