The Breakdown
A daily analysis of macroeconomics, bitcoin, geopolitics and big picture power shifts, hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore @nlw. The Breakdown is part of Blockworks.
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1
The Tokenization Era Begins (says Fink)
12 min
2
The Short, Brutal Bear Market of October ‘25
12 min
3
Could This Actually Be An Amazing Setup for Bit...
21 min
4
Wall Street Discovers the “Debasement Trade”
12 min
5
ICE Invests $2 Billion in Polymarket
10 min
6
The TradFi-Crypto Fusion Is Here
10 min
7
Bitcoin Breaks $125,000: The October Melt-Up Is On
11 min
8
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
19 min
9
Bitcoin’s Favorite Month Has Arrived
11 min
10
Government Shutdown Hits as Politics Markets an...
11 min
11
SEC & CFTC Call a Truce on Crypto Regulation
10 min
12
Kraken’s $15B Secret Raise and the Race to IPO
8 min
13
Friday Five: Tether’s $500B Play, SEC Opens the...
22 min
14
Agentic Payments and the Next Internet Economy
10 min
15
Tether’s Half-Trillion Dollar Valuation
10 min
16
Bitcoin’s September Shakeout: $1.7B in Liquidat...
9 min
17
Senate Democrats Push for Bipartisan Role in Cr...
9 min
18
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
21 min
19
Fed Cuts Rates Amid Rising Labor Market Risks
11 min
20
Google’s New Agent Payments Protocol and What I...
10 min
21
Coinbase Considers Token Launch
10 min
22
Checking In On Last Week’s Crypto IPOs
10 min
23
Friday Five: SEC Turns Pro-Crypto, Tokenization...
19 min
24
SEC Chair: "Crypto’s Time Has Come"
8 min
25
Senate Democrats Unveil Competing Crypto Market...
11 min