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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Tornado Cash Case Going to Trial
13 min
352
The Plot to Destroy Silvergate and Debank Crypto
42 min
353
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto Last ...
25 min
354
China Brings Out the Stimulus Bazooka
15 min
355
Defeated-Seeming Gensler Takes Congressional Sh...
16 min
356
Judge Agrees with Coinbase in Public Hearing
9 min
357
Kamala's First Comments on Crypto Spark Yet Mor...
13 min
358
A Contentious House Hearing on the SEC
13 min
359
Was the Jumbo Rate Cut "Normalization" or Signs...
14 min
360
Genius or Grifter: World Liberty Financial
11 min
361
SEC Backs Off But Gaslights on "Crypto Asset Se...
13 min
362
Why Data Needs Decentralization
10 min
363
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
31 min
364
What the CPI Says About The Fed's Next Moves
13 min
365
What Happened in the First Ever Congressional D...
12 min
366
The Story in the Latest Bitcoin Price Action
14 min
367
Recession or Soft Landing?
14 min
368
Crypto's Pervasive Quiet Quitting
13 min
369
Uniswap Settles with CFTC
13 min
370
The SEC's Vicious "Qualified Custodian" Trap
12 min
371
What September Has In Store For Bitcoin
14 min
372
Bitcoin as a DeFi Platform
7 min
373
Crypto and the Fight for Freedom
25 min
374
Is This the SEC's Most Brazen Crypto Attack Yet?
14 min
375
The State Department's Unconscionable Abandonme...
9 min