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 Market Structure Slips to 2026
12 min
27
Bitcoin Slides Again as Anger Takes Over the Be...
10 min
28
DTCC Puts US Securities On Chain
11 min
29
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto Last ...
10 min
30
The Fed Is Fracturing
10 min
31
Bitcoin Treasury Honeymoon Ends
11 min
32
MicroStrategy’s Big Buy Raises New Questions
10 min
33
Crypto Regulation Hits a DeFi Wall
12 min
34
The 5 Most Important Stories in Crypto Last Week
12 min
35
Fink, Armstrong, and the DealBook Turning Point
10 min
36
Tokenization’s Starting Gun
11 min
37
The Walls Around Crypto Are Finally Cracking
10 min
38
Bitcoin’s Worst November in Years
12 min
39
Bitcoin’s Fragile Recovery
11 min
40
Scott Besson Walks Into a Bitcoin Bar
10 min
41
The Five Most Important Stories This Week
30 min
42
[CORRECT] Fed Minutes Slam the Door on Rate Cut...
9 min
43
Bitcoin’s Bottom Watch Begins
9 min
44
Why Coinbase’s First ICO Fell Flat
10 min
45
The Bitcoin Bears Are Back In Town
12 min
46
The Week Crypto Moved Forward While Prices Fell...
23 min
47
What the End of the Shutdown Really Means for C...
11 min
48
Did the US Steal $13 Billion in Bitcoin? China ...
11 min
49
Bitcoin’s $100K Test and the Return of Stimmy C...
12 min
50
Wall Street’s Crypto Push, Western Union’s Stab...
19 min