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Media entrepreneur. Founder and CEO of Gokhshtein Media. Host of The Breakdown. A decade-plus in digital assets, and a voice on markets, policy, and money heard by more than 1.5 million people.

At a glance

Name
David Gokhshtein
Role
Founder, Gokhshtein Media; host, The Breakdown
Company founded
2017, New York
Properties
Gokhshtein (gokhshtein.com), GMARKETS (gmarkets.io), Gokhshtein PR (gokhshteinpr.com)
Data products
Gokhshtein Retail Money Index (daily), The Retail Pulse and The Retail Money Report (weekly)
Show
The Breakdown, daily, 790+ episodes
Media
Appears on Fox Business and Sky News, among others; quoted by NPR, Business Insider, Forbes, CBS News
Politics
Republican candidate, U.S. House, New York’s 1st District, 2020 cycle
Born
Brooklyn, New York

Recurring

Host
The Breakdown — Daily, live on Kick and YouTube; audio on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio.
Guest commentator
Fox Business — Markets, digital assets, and U.S. policy.
Guest commentator
Sky News — Markets and digital assets.
Guest
TheStreet Crypto Roundtable — Roundtable appearances on crypto and markets.

Appearances & Press Log

September 25, 2026
Traders Union · Quoted — Bitcoin shaped the digital-asset industry, David Gokhshtein argues
September 22, 2026
Traders Union · Coverage — The Breakdown episode 789: crypto, markets, AI, and the meme economy
September 21, 2026
Traders Union · Quoted — Bitcoin's bottom could have been $58K–$60K, David Gokhshtein notes
April 2, 2026
Fox News · Quoted — Harris ripped over video previewing Trump speech
March 17, 2025
TheStreet / Yahoo Finance · Quoted — Bitcoin drops below $90K, but traders say 'max pain' is needed before a rally
July 27, 2024
CBS News · Company quoted — Trump's big cryptocurrency bet (Gokhshtein Media at Bitcoin 2024)
December 23, 2022
Entrepreneur India · Quoted — Musk rolls out new view count on X
November 27, 2022
CoinDesk · Quoted — First Mover Asia: Dogecoin surges 16% to continue its holiday cheer
November 25, 2022
Decrypt · Quoted — Dogecoin Gets Double-Digit Black Friday Pump
February 20, 2022
Forbes · Quoted — Crypto Price Crash Panic: Serious NFT 'Hack' Suddenly Sends Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, Solana And Cardano Sharply Lower
November 4, 2021
Newsweek · Quoted — Shiba Inu price down as 'whale' moves 40 trillion tokens between wallets
November 2021
Bloomberg · Quoted — Elon Musk stokes 'tax the rich' debate with $21 billion Twitter query
October 19, 2021
U.Today · Interview — DOGE has allowed lots of people to get into Bitcoin
September 22, 2021
International Business Times (Singapore) · Interview — Exclusive: Robinhood's crypto wallet will be the most popular application
June 27, 2021
Business Insider · Interview / feature — Crypto Investing: 4 Altcoins to Buy That Could Be the Next Dogecoin
June 3, 2021
Forbes · Quoted — While Elon Musk Boosts The Dogecoin Price, The Tesla Dogecoin Dream Is Already Coming True
May 7, 2021
Fox Business · TV appearance — Dogecoin and Bitcoin markets
April 28, 2021
Newsweek · Quoted — SafeMoon raises $1m for crypto exchange as price tumbles 60% from all-time high
March 10, 2021
Fox Business · TV appearance — Bitcoin investing
February 19, 2021
Fox Business · TV appearance — Bitcoin adoption
February 8, 2021
NPR, All Things Considered · Radio interview — Tesla Embraces Bitcoin With $1.5 Billion Investment
February 8, 2021
NPR · Quoted — It Doesn't Get More Buzzy Than This: Tesla Is Investing $1.5 Billion In Bitcoin
2021
Business Insider · Interview — A crypto evangelist shares his favorite altcoins for 2022
2021
Business Insider · Interview — A crypto evangelist who called bitcoin's bottom this summer explains why it's still headed higher
December 14, 2020
Crypto Current (podcast) · Guest — Episode 135: Why education is essential to capitalizing on crypto
July 27, 2020
Decrypt · Quoted — Will Bitcoin benefit from new US stimulus check?
November 26, 2019
Patch (Southampton) · Mentioned (NY-1 race) — Legislator Bridget Fleming Seeks To Unseat Congressman Lee Zeldin
July 11, 2019
Forbes · Quoted — 8 reactions to Trump's anti-cryptocurrency tweetstorm
July 10, 2019
Riverhead News-Review · Mentioned (NY-1 race) — Stony Brook scientist announces bid for Congress in 2020
January 8, 2018
Cryptocurrency Clarified · Recognition — Named among the Top 25 cryptocurrency traders to follow, 2018

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