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Bankless is facing backlash after reportedly laying off most of its staff without a public announcement, even as co-founder Ryan Sean Adams declared the \u201cend\u201d of the media brand\u2019s first era on X.<\/p>\n
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According to ChainCatcher, citing posts on X, crypto community member\u00a0@0x_Lucas<\/a>\u00a0said Bankless has \u201callegedly laid off most of its team members,\u201d claiming the media brand has not issued a public statement or expressed gratitude to help affected employees find new roles. In his posts, 0x_Lucas criticized the founders for continuing to publish unrelated content while remaining silent about the cuts, arguing that Bankless owed at least a basic acknowledgement and support to the people it had just let go.<\/p>\n At the same time, Bankless co\u2011founder Ryan Sean Adams posted that \u201cthe first era of Bankless has ended,\u201d describing the moment as the conclusion of his six\u2011year collaboration with co\u2011host David Hoffman exploring crypto, DeFi and Ethereum. Adams\u2019 remarks, shared in a reflective X thread, framed the change as a generational shift rather than a straightforward downsizing, emphasizing how far the show had come since its early days and hinting at a new, undefined chapter.<\/p>\n Bankless itself has not issued an official statement confirming or denying the reported layoffs, nor has it published a blog post or newsletter addressing the alleged restructuring as of publication time. Episodes continue to appear in the\u00a0Bankless podcast feed<\/a>, and the main Bankless site has instead focused on regular content such as its recent \u201c17 Trends for Crypto\u2019s 2026\u201d piece, giving the impression of business as usual even as rumors of cuts spread.<\/p>\n The anger from former staff and community members is not about the existence of layoffs per se\u2014media and crypto firms have been shedding staff for two years\u2014but about how Bankless appears to be handling them. He also called out what he described as \u201cunrelated\u201d posting from the founders, criticizing the decision to ship new content and personal reflections while staying silent about job losses and declining to use their platform to highlight affected employees for potential employers. That critique resonated on X, where users contrasted Bankless\u2019 coverage of past industry layoffs\u2014including pieces on Binance, Consensys and other firms\u2014with its apparent unwillingness to subject itself to similar scrutiny.<\/p>\nX backlash over silence and \u201cunrelated content\u201d<\/h2>\n
In his posts, 0x_Lucas accused the founders of \u201cnot even bothering\u201d to publicly thank or spotlight the departing team, arguing that a brand built on community owed its people more than private emails and quiet removals from internal tools.<\/p>\n