Bankless

Bankless, from Ryan Sean Adams and David Hoffman, covers crypto through the lens of its founding ideology: that decentralized finance lets people opt out of traditional banking entirely. Coverage leans heavily into Ethereum, DeFi protocols, and the broader thesis of self-custodied, permissionless finance.

It reads less like a neutral news source and more like advocacy for a particular vision of what crypto should become, which is part of the appeal for readers already sympathetic to that worldview. Long-form essays sit next to more standard news coverage, reflecting roots that are as much in philosophy as in markets.