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**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.

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Markets Surge as BlackRock Files ETH Spot ETF Nov 11, 2023

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The market return continues and the institutional narrative grows as BlackRock files their spot Ethereum ETF.

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ETF Excitement Drives Bitcoin Past $36,000 Nov 10, 2023

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NLW continues the bull recovery post SBF trial with an exploration of ETF excitement.

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Is Circling Preparing for an IPO? Nov 08, 2023

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NLW looks at a number of stories that suggest the crypto industry is finally facing forward and looking to the future, almost exactly a year after FTX collapsed.

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How Crypto Can Actually Move Past SBF Nov 08, 2023

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NLW wraps up coverage of the SBF trial with a recap of the conclusion and a discussion of community reactions.

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SEC Is Reprimanded by Government Accountability Office (And It Could Lead to Lawsuits) Nov 01, 2023

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Today on The Breakdown, NLW discusses the end of SBF's testimony, some ETF updates, and the SEC being called out by the GAO.

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SBF Gets Absolutely Buried in Cross-Examination Nov 01, 2023

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If the goal of the US prosecutor was to make Sam Bankman-Fried look like a liar, liar, pants on fire, boy were they successful.

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How SBF's Testimony Tried to Contradict Caroline, Nishad and Gary Oct 31, 2023

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A look at SBF's testimony with his lawyers and how he set to counter the story presented by his former FTX colleagues Nishad Singh, Caroline Ellison, and Gary Wang.

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