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