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
Fed Cuts as Expected, But Powell Keeps Markets ...
10 min
2
Polymarket’s $9B Comeback: Prediction Markets R...
12 min
3
Will Bitcoin Ever Fall Below $100K Again?
10 min
4
Bitcoin Surges on Hopes of a China Deal
9 min
5
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto
25 min
6
Democrats Blow Up at Crypto Executives Over Mar...
10 min
7
Is the Gold to Bitcoin Rotation Underway?
11 min
8
Why the Internet Crash Made Bitcoin Look Stronger
10 min
9
Is It All Over for Crypto?
9 min
10
The 5 Most Important Stories in Crypto Last Week
25 min
11
The Tokenization Era Begins (says Fink)
12 min
12
The Short, Brutal Bear Market of October ‘25
12 min
13
Could This Actually Be An Amazing Setup for Bit...
21 min
14
Wall Street Discovers the “Debasement Trade”
12 min
15
ICE Invests $2 Billion in Polymarket
10 min
16
The TradFi-Crypto Fusion Is Here
10 min
17
Bitcoin Breaks $125,000: The October Melt-Up Is On
11 min
18
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
19 min
19
Bitcoin’s Favorite Month Has Arrived
11 min
20
Government Shutdown Hits as Politics Markets an...
11 min
21
SEC & CFTC Call a Truce on Crypto Regulation
10 min
22
Kraken’s $15B Secret Raise and the Race to IPO
8 min
23
Friday Five: Tether’s $500B Play, SEC Opens the...
22 min
24
Agentic Payments and the Next Internet Economy
10 min
25
Tether’s Half-Trillion Dollar Valuation
10 min