Bankless (@Bankless) — Twitter Score 653 out of 1000

Bankless is a crypto media brand producing podcast, newsletter, and video content focused on DeFi, Ethereum, and Web3 adoption. It was co-founded by Ryan Sean Adams and David Hoffman in September 2020. Bankless's Twitter Score is 653 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking it #138 out of 531,432 accounts tracked on this platform. Bankless ranks #138 (top 0.1%) out of 531,432 tracked accounts on TwitterScore.

Bankless launched BanklessDAO in May 2021 by airdropping 35,000 BANK tokens to each premium newsletter subscriber; BANK is an ERC-20 governance token with a maximum supply of 1 billion. In November 2023, the co-founders burned their BANK tokens and formally separated the Bankless media brand from BanklessDAO, citing brand confusion. It is also affiliated with Bankless Ventures, a $35 million early-stage Web3 venture fund with Ryan Sean Adams, David Hoffman, and Ben Lakoff as general partners, with limited partners including Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon of a16z, Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal, Synthetix co-founder Kain Warwick, and Aave co-founder Stani Kulechov. It self-describes as explorers and investors rather than journalists and maintains weekly public disclosures of contributors' material crypto holdings, sponsorships, and Bankless Ventures portfolio companies.

Bankless reportedly laid off most of its team in May 2026, without a public announcement; co-founder Ryan Sean Adams declared on X that "the first era of Bankless has ended," framing it as the conclusion of his collaboration with David Hoffman. As of May 22, 2026, Bankless had not issued an official statement confirming or denying the reported layoffs.

Bankless has 384,440 followers as of July 2026 and has made 22,885 posts since 2020. It has been mentioned by 2,053 accounts a total of 5,664 times. Its investment portfolio includes Aztec, LI.FI, Clique, Modulus Labs, Diva Staking, Ion Protocol, Fhenix and Nektar Network.

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Bankless draws a following from across the crypto and Web3 space. The accounts that follow Bankless include 2,530 founders, 515 angel investors, 1,550 influencers and 107 VCs, among them Chris Dixon, Toly, ZachXBT, Ansem, Erik Voorhees and Laura Shin.