Bankless創辦人清倉全部ETH！前團隊爆料：昨天無預警安靜大裁員

Bankless co-founder David Hoffman announced on X that he has liquidated his entire ETH holdings. Another co-founder, Ryan Sean Adams, immediately posted that "the first era of Bankless has ended," stating he would step back while David takes the helm. However, what followed were explosive revelations from former employees. (Context: Wall Street no longer loves Ethereum: Why the divergence between fundamentals and ETH price?) (Background: Opinion: What exactly caused Ethereum (ETH) to lose its vitality?) Bankless, long considered a core advocacy organization for Ethereum, has recently undergone a major upheaval. The post by former employee Lucas was blunt and unvarnished: "Guess I’ll say the quiet part out loud," he wrote. "Bankless apparently laid off a majority of the team yesterday. No thank you or public announcement to help team find new homes. Just David tweeting about how he’s selling ETH and Ryan talking about himself. Come on guys." Guess I’ll say the quiet part out loud Bankless apparently laid off a majority of the team yesterday No thank you or public announcement to help team find new homes Just David tweeting about how he’s selling ETH and Ryan talking about himself Come on guys https://t.co/L9GGJ1QKco — Lucas (@0x_Lucas) May 20, 2026 The former employee broke the silence on social media for all the laid-off colleagues, making the two founders appear quite heartless. David Hoffman is not just a co-founder of Bankless; for a long time, he was practically the human mascot of Ethereum, the most die-hard fan imaginable. When he founded Bankless in 2020, Hoffman’s opening line was: "I have 99% of my wealth in Ethereum, and almost nothing in my bank account." The entire Bankless brand was built on this statement—Bank-less, no more banks. "Ethereum is the Project," he wrote in his articles, using italics for "the"—not "a project," but "the project." He believed Ethereum was the only decentralized financial infrastructure worth betting on. With 200,000 newsletter subscribers and 2 million podcast downloads per month, they later leveraged this brand to raise a $35 million venture fund, Bankless Ventures. The list of LPs reads like a crypto hall of fame, including a16z founding partner Marc Andreessen, a16z Crypto founder Chris Dixon, Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist, and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal. 43 investments, all centered around the Web3 ecosystem. And then, the man who bet 99% of his net worth on ETH, David Hoffman, announced he had liquidated his position. Wow. Ryan Sean Adams’ open letter reads like a carefully rehearsed breakup announcement. "The first era of Bankless has ended," Adams stated, noting that his six-year partnership with David was "a period of exploring crypto, DeFi, and maximizing the potential of Ethereum together." Bankless is now entering its "second era." He plans to step back to support David in exploring "new frontiers in the crypto world and beyond." He will continue to record the weekly podcast and will not miss the Rollup segment, but will reduce his involvement in content direction and guest interviews. This means Ryan is no longer managing content; that responsibility now falls entirely to David. But David just liquidated all his ETH, voting against his own project with his money. Lucas’s revelations turned the situation from a "corporate transition" into an "organizational collapse." Layoffs are nothing new in the crypto industry; Coinbase cut 14% this year, Kraken’s parent company cut 150 people, and Crypto.com reduced its staff by 12%. But every one of those companies at least issued an announcement, thanked the team for their contributions, and provided departing employees with a public record to help them find their next job. Bankless did none of that. This is a brand that started on the premise of "de-banking," "empowering individuals," and "community first." They issued a governance token, BANK, built BanklessDAO, and constantly talked about Web3 transparency and accountability. Yet, when it came time to lay off their own people, they used the oldest, most Web2 method: quietly cutting people off and hoping no one would notice. There is a specific type of leader in the crypto circle—they are evangelists. Do Kwon evangelized Luna’s algorithmic stablecoin. SBF evangelized an altruistic crypto trading empire. David Hoffman evangelized Ethereum as humanity’s only hope for decentralization. The first two didn't have a happy ending. David Hoffman’s situation is different; he didn't commit fraud, and he didn't run away. He simply is