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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1
The History of Standard Chartered Megabullish P...
18 min
2
The US Just Made the Case for Open-Source AI
21 min
3
Blockworks Acquires Messari
28 min
4
SpaceX Just Became the Most Valuable Post-IPO C...
21 min
5
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Is $13 Billion Underwater
26 min
6
Inside Pump.fun's New Bounty Platform
30 min
7
Brutal Zcash Bug Sat Hidden for 4 Years
26 min
8
Crypto Still Sees Massive Returns On Par With S...
21 min
9
Dimon & Democrats Ready for War Over CLARITY
25 min
10
When Bitcoin’s Bear Market Might End
13 min
11
A Google Engineer Made $1.2M Insider Trading on...
28 min
12
Is This $250M AI Company Fake?
34 min
13
Hyperliquid Hits ATH, XRP ETF Flows, and a $1B ...
32 min
14
OpenAI Digs A Moat, Ethereum Foundation Loses T...
35 min
15
The Messy State of Crypto Governance with Jito ...
42 min
16
The $70B AI IPO, Claude Cracks a Lost Wallet, a...
25 min
17
Bhutan Times the Top, CLARITY Hits Markup, and ...
33 min
18
Bored Apes Rally, Canton Raises at $2B and Sayl...
31 min
19
Coinbase Down Again, HIP-4 vs Polymarket, and D...
28 min
20
Coinbase's AI Layoffs, a16z's $2.2B Fund, and S...
32 min
21
Clavicular x Polymarket, the CLARITY Act, and W...
25 min
22
MegaETH, the DeFi United Bailout, Meta’s USDC P...
36 min
23
How Crypto Is Fighting Back Against North Korea...
37 min
24
Mythos Leaks, Crypto in the Strait of Hormuz, a...
26 min
25
Can AI Actually Trade Crypto? | The Breakdown
31 min