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
Democrats Blow Up at Crypto Executives Over Mar...
10 min
2
Is the Gold to Bitcoin Rotation Underway?
11 min
3
Why the Internet Crash Made Bitcoin Look Stronger
10 min
4
Is It All Over for Crypto?
9 min
5
The 5 Most Important Stories in Crypto Last Week
25 min
6
The Tokenization Era Begins (says Fink)
12 min
7
The Short, Brutal Bear Market of October ‘25
12 min
8
Could This Actually Be An Amazing Setup for Bit...
21 min
9
Wall Street Discovers the “Debasement Trade”
12 min
10
ICE Invests $2 Billion in Polymarket
10 min
11
The TradFi-Crypto Fusion Is Here
10 min
12
Bitcoin Breaks $125,000: The October Melt-Up Is On
11 min
13
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
19 min
14
Bitcoin’s Favorite Month Has Arrived
11 min
15
Government Shutdown Hits as Politics Markets an...
11 min
16
SEC & CFTC Call a Truce on Crypto Regulation
10 min
17
Kraken’s $15B Secret Raise and the Race to IPO
8 min
18
Friday Five: Tether’s $500B Play, SEC Opens the...
22 min
19
Agentic Payments and the Next Internet Economy
10 min
20
Tether’s Half-Trillion Dollar Valuation
10 min
21
Bitcoin’s September Shakeout: $1.7B in Liquidat...
9 min
22
Senate Democrats Push for Bipartisan Role in Cr...
9 min
23
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
21 min
24
Fed Cuts Rates Amid Rising Labor Market Risks
11 min
25
Google’s New Agent Payments Protocol and What I...
10 min