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://the-breakdown.carrd.co/
1990 episodes transcribedToday on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at two major recent stories. Twitter has added bitcoin tipping features. The features take advantage of the Ligh...
This week’s “Long Reads Sunday” returns to the format’s roots with four threads from Twitter: Chris Dixon on tokens as a new web primitive https://t...
On this edition of “The Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at the heightened state of affairs in the crypto landscape, from celebrity interactions with NFTs to...
NLW looks at the current state of crypto markets through numbers, including: Bitcoin illiquid supply Lightning Network capacity Evergrande’s deb...
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW examines the upcoming Federal Reserve winding down, or taper, of its support for the markets. This includes scaling back...
Today on the Brief: BlockFi gets another extension Chainalysis’s secret data honeypot Robinhood crypto finally gets transfers In our main discus...
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at reports from Messari’s Mainnet conference that the Securities and Exchange Commission served one of the speaker...
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the historic weakness in the bitcoin market in the month of September. He examines: The numbers that show how...
A reading of JP Koning’s essay for Coindesk “Are Central Bankers Ready for Payments Theater?” Enjoying this content? SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast Apple...
On this edition of “The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at: The latest in China’s Evergrande crisis Texas and New Jersey target Celsius on th...
Today’s show is a look at one of the most important but under-discussed macro events in the world today: the crisis surrounding China’s massive real e...
Today’s episode of “The Breakdown” looks at a variety of topics covering the evolving relationships between states and digital currencies, including:...
Today on The Breakdown, NLW examines SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s testimony yesterday in front of the Senate Banking Committee. He discusses: How some a...
On this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at an array of recent fund announcements, including: Dan Tapiero and 10T’s $750 million Pantera raisi...
At 9:30 a.m. ET, a press release from “Walmart Inc” dropped today claiming that the company was partnering with Litecoin to begin accepting the 2016-e...
A reading of a recent speech by Benoit Cœuré, the head of the BIS Innovation Hub, on “Central bank digital currency: the future starts today.” Enjoy...
Dan Tapiero, founder of 10T, returns to “The Breakdown” to discuss: Investing $750 million into growth equity for digital asset ecosystem startups...
Today on the Brief: NFT volume cools down but interest remains strong Mastercard is acquiring CipherTrace European Central Bank and the Federal Re...
El Salvador made history on Tuesday, Sept. 7, when it became the first nation to make bitcoin legal tender. In this episode, NLW reviews the first day...
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW briefly covers yesterday’s bitcoin price crash and why it was driven by market structure more than news. The main topic...
