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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Crypto Values for a New Era
9 min
302
The Five Most Important Stories in an Absolutel...
32 min
303
The Newly Pro-Crypto SEC Gets a Running Start
12 min
304
Ross Ulbricht Has Been Pardoned
12 min
305
The Trump Crypto Era Begins with a Surprise Mem...
13 min
306
Making the US the Crypto Capital of the World
13 min
307
SEC to Hit the Ground Running on Crypto
22 min
308
Bitcoin's Big $100K Rebound
15 min
309
The Great Bitcoin Market Upsizing
13 min
310
Macro Roils After Surprising Jobs Report (and B...
13 min
311
E. Warren's CFPB Tries Some Midnight Crypto Rul...
13 min
312
Is 2025 the Year of Crypto x AI Agents?
14 min
313
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
26 min
314
Macro Jitters Roil the Crypto Markets
15 min
315
Is the FDIC Whistleblower Account Real?
14 min
316
Crisis Averted: Fed Vice Chair for Supervision ...
11 min
317
Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Finally Has Smoking Guns
16 min
318
2 of the 4 Best Performing Assets of 2024 Were ...
12 min
319
The Ghosts of Bitcoin's Future
11 min
320
The Ghosts of Bitcoin's Present
12 min
321
The Most Important Essays in Crypto 2024
11 min
322
The Ghosts of Bitcoin's Past
12 min
323
Tether Steps Beyond Stablecoins
11 min
324
One Crypto VC's 2025 Predictions
12 min
325
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
22 min