The Breakdown

The Breakdown

Hosted by David and David Canellis · Blockworks

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87Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
2,049
Episodes
567
Transcribed
1,395
Ratings
2019
First episode
3M
YouTube views

About 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://the-breakdown.carrd.co/

Publisher
Blockworks
Category
business
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
10 Jul 2019
Latest episode
6 Jul 2026
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567 of 2,049 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 6 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Venice Is Now a Crypto-AI Unicorn — But Its Token Tanked 50%

  2. 1 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

    2 Groups Now Control Ethereum's Future. Here's What They Want.

  3. 29 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Binance Needs A Friend in The European Union

Inside a recent episode

Venice Is Now a Crypto-AI Unicorn — But Its Token Tanked 50%

Published 6 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] When the labs were supposed to be subservient to the protocol, I was very publicly critical of that. And I've reflected that exact same viewpoint to many of our protocols who've contemplated going down the same road. Now, here's what's important to understand about Venice. venice is nothing like uniswap venice is not a dow venice is not a protocol venice is not an on-chain product vvv is not a governance token it's not an ownership token it has never been that and this has been very extensively explained and documented by the team okay so what is vvv then vvv is a compute capital asset Okay, what does that mean? […]

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