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 Brief: PayPal and Venmo reportedly adding crypto buying and selling Trump executive order temporarily suspends H1-B visa program Cont...
Today on the Brief: New Federal Reserve research suggests reaction to Facebook’s Libra basket approach was overblown Italian Banking Association pu...
A reading of two pieces How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Money Printer by Jill Carlson | CoinDesk + Fight the Fed Jesse Felder | The...
The big narrative in financial media for the last few weeks has been the insurgent Robinhood rally, led by the AC/DC-blaring Pied Piper Dave Portnoy,...
Today on the Brief: FTX lists two Compound tokens Reddit partners with Ethereum Foundation on Layer 2 scaling Black-In Freedom Festival reimagines...
Today on the Brief: Powell says private companies shouldn’t be involved in Central Bank Digital Currencies According to former NSA head John Bolto...
On the Brief: Big tech vs. the American political right and left Why TikTok users are pretending to love China for clout Decentralizing venture ca...
Today on The Brief: An unexpectedly good retail sales report drives market confidence Are we in for a second wave of white-collar layoffs? The l...
Today on the Brief: Stocks down on coronavirus fears Demand destruction The looming retirement crisis Our main theme: Bitcoin is up more than...
After a week where bankrupt Hertz pumped 890%, the question is: what is the historical precedent? Luckily, we have finance history guy Jamie Catherw...
The stock market has long been disconnected from the underlying economy, but much of what happened this week - particularly the pumping of bankrupt co...
Today on the Brief: Why bitcoin sold off A bank-the-unbanked narrative for the digital dollar It’s Dave Portnoy’s world and we’re all just living...
Today on the Brief: Three Arrows holds more than 6% of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust New platform for censorship-resistant blogging Coinbase announces n...
Today on the Brief: A record week for peer-to-peer exchanges in the developing world A digital dollar gets discussed in Congress Previewing the F...
Today on the Brief: Saudi Arabia injects $13 billion in bank liquidity via blockchain. China’s state TV CCTV says Binance is still allowing crypto...
On today’s episode of The Breakdown, we introduce the Breakdown Brief - a look at three key topics in bitcoin and crypto. Today, the Brief covers: B...
The Breakdown Weekly Recap looks at the key themes that shaped the week. On this week’s episode, NLW discusses: The modern significance of Tiananmen...
The U.S.-China relationship has an outsized impact on global economics and politics. As that relationship comes even more into focus in the wake of CO...
The conventional wisdom is that central banks are the most important economic actors in the world. Markets hang on their every word. Yet, what if th...
Every day that protests continue and the stock market goes up, more people ask what the disconnect between markets and the real economy is. In this ep...
