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About Bankless Times

Since launching in 2012, Bankless Times is dedicated to bringing you the latest news and informational content within the alternative finance industry. Our news coverage spans the whole crypto-sphere so you’ll always stay up to date— be it on cryptocurrencies, NFTs, ICOs, Fintech, or Blockchain. If you’re looking for information, our guides have you covered. We offer how-to guides on buying and selling cryptocurrencies, engaging with brokers, exchanges, among other considerations that are tailored towards beginners. Our in-depth reviews on wallets, platforms, and providers are an excellent, unbiased resource for both budding and intermediate investors.

Our focus is to provide news that actual cryptocurrency enthusiasts want. We provide real reviews from real experiences, and breaking news that reflect market changes.

Founder of Bankless Times

Our Vision, Mission, and Values

Vision

Our vision is presenting the decentralized world crypto-enthusiasts imagine, where your access to finance & generating wealth is not decided by opaque institutions.

Mission

To provide the information necessary to access alternative forms of finance and wealth creation through providing accurate, well-researched, unbiased information across all forms of alternative finance.

Values

  • Knowledge: We are thirsty for impactful, up-to-date, information

  • Trust: We’re always open and transparent about the type of content we produce.

  • Ease-of-use: We aim to produce digestible content even on the most complex topics.

Bankless Times by the numbers

  • 150 personally researched news articles per week.

  • 12 years active

  • 40 cups of coffee a day (18 reusable cups)

  • 80 escape room successes

  • 99 lively crypto debates —and counting

  • 10 languages over 5 continents

  • 200+ guides

Bankless Times Team

Our team has grown significantly since 2021, with a total of 36 full-time employees and many more freelancers who help with aspects of the website.

We have writers in the following languages:

  • English

  • Italian

  • French

  • Dutch

  • Swedish

  • Danish

  • Portuguese

  • Spanish

  • Polish

  • Norwegian

And serve a total of 50+ countries. We’ve also built a news team of 6 writers who work around the clock to ensure we push breaking news, research topics further in-depth than other cryptocurrency news agencies and provide their own analysis and opinions (that should not be taken as investment advice!).

Editorial Standards

We update our review and guides regularly and our editors proofread all content to ensure compliance with our strict editorial policy.

How does Bankless Times work?

Bankless Times is dedicated to bringing you the latest news and informational content within the alternative finance industry.

News: Our news coverage spans the whole crypto-sphere so you’ll always stay up to date— be it on cryptocurrencies, NFTs, ICOs, Fintech, or Blockchain.

Guides: If you’re looking for information, our guides have you covered. We offer how-to guides on buying and selling cryptocurrencies, engaging with brokers, exchanges, and among other considerations, that are tailored towards beginners.

Reviews: Be it coins, platforms, we try to conduct first-hand research where possible, otherwise, our reviews are based on secondary research, which includes going through user reviews. Our in-depth reviews wallets, platforms and providers are an excellent resource for both budding and intermediate investors.

We adhere to strict content standards and offer diverse perspectives and always aim to be inclusive.

Our History

Key Events:

  • Sep 2012 – Bankless Times is launched as a passion project in the wake of the financial crisis to provide a voice to alternative finance— to avoid relying on traditional financial institutions that led us to the crisis

  • Jan 2013 – Bankless Times starts covering an obscure financial technology known as Bitcoin

  • Mar 2014 – Cryptocurrency section officially launched on Site

  • Jan 2015 – Bankless Times receives its 100,000th visitor

  • Apr 2017 – Fintech section launched on site

  • Aug 2021 – Bankless Times is acquired, with the aim to provide a financial boost to further grow operations

  • September 2022 – Moved servers to boost responsiveness to users in all 5 continents we provide content to

  • October 2023 – New editorial standards with the aim of providing interviews from leading CEO’s and inventors in the cryptocurrency industry

Bankless Times in the media

Some media that have cited us as informational sources include Yahoo! News, MarketWatch, BBC News, TechCrunch, Finance.Yahoo!, CoinTelegraph and more.

Can Bankless Times give me investment advice?

No, we don’t offer investment advice but we do provide you the information you need to make smarter decisions with your money, and partner with a variety of platforms that can help you invest wisely.

We provide a one-stop resource of reviews, articles, and comparisons that can show you how and where you to invest, but we cannot guarantee a return on investment.

How do we use your data?

We do not sell your data but when you access the Site, we and our third-party partners and vendors may automatically collect certain information about your visit using tools such as cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies.

Does Bankless Times use cookies?

This Site may use cookies, such as HTTP and HTML5 cookies, as well as other types of local storage.

Where are we?

Yield Engine Limited, Hamilton Development, Unit B, Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies

How to contact Bankless Times

Please refer to our contact page.