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The Breakdown

Crypto Fed Chair, Polymarket Bots, and the Faketoshi Movie

The Breakdown

Blockworks

Investing, Business

4.8806 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Trump's Fed pick has 30-plus crypto investments — and that's just what he could disclose. David walks through Warsh's filing, a Polymarket bot built on the theory that nothing ever happens, and Hollywood's Craig Wright blockbuster. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Introduction (00:21) Trying Something New (02:47) Kevin Warsh (08:58) Nexo Ad (09:34) Nothing Ever Happens Polymarket Bot (18:47) Nexo Ad (19:38) Thoughts on Upcoming Craig Wright Bitcoin Thriller FOLLOW THE SHOW › David — https://x.com/dcanellis › The Breakdown — https://x.com/TheBreakdownBW SPONSORS › NEXO Nexo is the premier digital wealth platform. Receive interest on your crypto, borrow against it without selling, and trade a range of assets. Now available in the U.S with 30 days of exclusive privileges. Get started at http://nexo.com/breakdown Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to the Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ DISCLAIMER As always, remember this podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely their opinions, not financial advice.

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0:00.0

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0:02.4

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0:14.5

This podcast is for informational purposes only and any views expressed by anyone in the show are opinions, not financial advice.

0:19.1

Host and guests may hold positions in the company's funds or projects discussed. Okay, welcome to the breakdown. I'm your

0:28.4

host David Canales. This is going to be a different type of episode to what we usually do. As you know,

0:36.0

we've been putting out episodes twice weekly. And on the Tuesdays,

0:41.6

we've been releasing a video essay type episode followed by an interview with an expert guest.

0:48.7

And then we kind of, we show you like a shortened version of that interview on the Tuesday to complement the video

0:55.9

essay. And then on the Thursday, we released the full interview so you can kind of go deeper

1:01.3

on the conversation. But over time, we're just kind of tweaking the format, making sure that

1:07.2

the content is super engaging and interesting for the audience to consume.

1:12.6

So what we're going to be doing, at least for the next few weeks, I'm going to try

1:17.7

doing these solo episodes because about a month ago before we had the break for Das New York,

1:26.6

I recorded a solo introductory episode. If you missed that,

1:30.1

please go back and check it out if you're interested to know who I am and why the breakdown

1:35.6

has a different host all of a sudden. But we had some really good feedback and really good

1:40.4

responses to that solo ep. So I figured why not do more of that? And something

1:47.7

also that the audience has been requesting somewhat is more stuff about current events and

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