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.Subscribe to The Breakdown newsletter: https://...
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Venice Is Now a Crypto-AI Unicorn — But Its Token Tanked 50%
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2 Groups Now Control Ethereum's Future. Here's What They Want.
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Binance Needs A Friend in The European Union
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How Strategy Insiders Insulated Themselves From the Crash
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Searching for the Ethereum Foundation's Remaining Cash
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Is Strategy Really the Next Terra Luna?
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The History of Standard Chartered Megabullish Price Predictions
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The US Just Made the Case for Open-Source AI
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Blockworks Acquires Messari
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SpaceX Just Became the Most Valuable Post-IPO Company Ever
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BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Is $13 Billion Underwater
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Inside Pump.fun's New Bounty Platform
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Brutal Zcash Bug Sat Hidden for 4 Years
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Crypto Still Sees Massive Returns On Par With Stocks
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Dimon & Democrats Ready for War Over CLARITY
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When Bitcoin’s Bear Market Might End
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A Google Engineer Made $1.2M Insider Trading on Polymarket
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Is This $250M AI Company Fake?
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Hyperliquid Hits ATH, XRP ETF Flows, and a $1B Pitch to Save Ethereum | The Brea...
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OpenAI Digs A Moat, Ethereum Foundation Loses Talent, And Polymarket’s UMA Probl...
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The Messy State of Crypto Governance with Jito Foundation's Nick Almond | The Br...
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The $70B AI IPO, Claude Cracks a Lost Wallet, and CLARITY Advances | The Breakdo...
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Bhutan Times the Top, CLARITY Hits Markup, and the Onchain Pokemon Card Boom | T...
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Bored Apes Rally, Canton Raises at $2B and Saylor Raps the Bears | The Breakdown
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Coinbase Down Again, HIP-4 vs Polymarket, and Dueling Big Tech Crypto Partnershi...
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Coinbase's AI Layoffs, a16z's $2.2B Fund, and Strategy's $12.5B Loss | The Break...
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Clavicular x Polymarket, the CLARITY Act, and What MegaETH Tells Us About Retail...
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MegaETH, the DeFi United Bailout, Meta’s USDC Push, and Blockworks Reaches $192M...
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How Crypto Is Fighting Back Against North Korea | The Breakdown
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Mythos Leaks, Crypto in the Strait of Hormuz, and DoorDash Stablecoins | The Bre...
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Can AI Actually Trade Crypto? | The Breakdown
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Crypto Fed Chair, Polymarket Bots, and the Faketoshi Movie
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Kevin O’Leary on AI, Data Centers, and Why He Sold 27 Crypto Positions | The Bre...
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The Three Layers of AI Agent Commerce with Jordan Liu | The Breakdown
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Are AI Agents Actually Using Crypto? | The Breakdown
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Fed Governor Miran on Why Inflation Fears Are Overstated | Forward Guidance
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The Crypto-TradFi Convergence | Inflection Point
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Privacy & Institutional Crypto's [Redacted] Future | The Breakdown
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Investor Relations in the Onchain Era
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Are We Measuring Crypto All Wrong? | Nick Almond
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The Macro Chain Reaction of Oil Shocks | Forward Guidance
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Why I’m Hosting The Breakdown | David Canellis | The Breakdown
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The Real Forces Moving Bitcoin Now | Marc Arjoon
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Bitcoin’s Halving Cycle Isn’t What You Think | The Breakdown
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AI Agents and the Next Wave of Crypto Demand | The Breakdown
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Introducing: Inflection Point | The Crypto-TradFi Convergence
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Crypto VC Is Not The Problem | The Breakdown
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Is Crypto Becoming Fintech? | Nick Almond
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Fintech Might Absorb Crypto | The Breakdown
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Crypto Can Build The Agent Economy | The Breakdown
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