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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Google’s New Agent Payments Protocol and What I...
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127
Coinbase Considers Token Launch
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128
Checking In On Last Week’s Crypto IPOs
10 min
129
Friday Five: SEC Turns Pro-Crypto, Tokenization...
19 min
130
SEC Chair: "Crypto’s Time Has Come"
8 min
131
Senate Democrats Unveil Competing Crypto Market...
11 min
132
Soft Jobs Report Clears the Way for Fed Cuts
11 min
133
Stripe’s Tempo Chain and the Return of Enterpri...
14 min
134
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
17 min
135
The Fed’s Big Stablecoin Shift
9 min
136
Exchanges Get the Green Light to Offer Crypto
10 min
137
Bitcoin Seasonality Means A Messy September Set...
13 min
138
Brazilification Risk and the Fight for Fed Inde...
14 min
139
Whales Unload Billions As Bitcoin Plunges To Si...
11 min
140
A Nothingburger Speech that Moved Markets
14 min
141
Crypto Narratives Becoming Reality
9 min
142
Markets Hold Their Breath in Wyoming
22 min
143
Fed Governor Waller Says Crypto Adoption Is Not...
12 min
144
Crypto at a Crossroads in Wyoming
15 min
145
Jackson Hole Retrospective: Powell’s Fed Legacy
14 min
146
Correction Watch 2025: Bitcoin Pullback or Just...
13 min
147
Bitcoin, Politics, and Privacy
12 min
148
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
22 min
149
Crypto Froth Watch: Bullish IPO Pops 200% as Bi...
12 min
150
Circle’s Corporate Chain Gamble
13 min