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
Wall Street’s Crypto Push, Western Union’s Stab...
19 min
2
Fed Cuts as Expected, But Powell Keeps Markets ...
10 min
3
Polymarket’s $9B Comeback: Prediction Markets R...
12 min
4
Will Bitcoin Ever Fall Below $100K Again?
10 min
5
Bitcoin Surges on Hopes of a China Deal
9 min
6
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto
25 min
7
Democrats Blow Up at Crypto Executives Over Mar...
10 min
8
Is the Gold to Bitcoin Rotation Underway?
11 min
9
Why the Internet Crash Made Bitcoin Look Stronger
10 min
10
Is It All Over for Crypto?
9 min
11
The 5 Most Important Stories in Crypto Last Week
25 min
12
The Tokenization Era Begins (says Fink)
12 min
13
The Short, Brutal Bear Market of October ‘25
12 min
14
Could This Actually Be An Amazing Setup for Bit...
21 min
15
Wall Street Discovers the “Debasement Trade”
12 min
16
ICE Invests $2 Billion in Polymarket
10 min
17
The TradFi-Crypto Fusion Is Here
10 min
18
Bitcoin Breaks $125,000: The October Melt-Up Is On
11 min
19
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This ...
19 min
20
Bitcoin’s Favorite Month Has Arrived
11 min
21
Government Shutdown Hits as Politics Markets an...
11 min
22
SEC & CFTC Call a Truce on Crypto Regulation
10 min
23
Kraken’s $15B Secret Raise and the Race to IPO
8 min
24
Friday Five: Tether’s $500B Play, SEC Opens the...
22 min
25
Agentic Payments and the Next Internet Economy
10 min