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