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Blockworks acquires Messari

Blockworks acquires Messari

The deal combines two major crypto information businesses as Blockworks uses fresh funding to expand data coverage, APIs, compliance tools and AI-focused workflows.

Fact Check
The claim is corroborated by the official @Blockworks X account announcing the acquisition, by co-founder Jason Yanowitz's official post linking the WSJ exclusive, and by the WSJ article itself which states Blockworks acquired Messari for over $10 million at a steep discount from Messari's ~$300 million 2022 valuation. The Odaily newsflash independently reports the same >$10M price and ~$300M 2022 valuation. Every component of the claim—the acquisition, the price above $10 million, and the prior ~$300 million valuation—matches authoritative primary and secondary reporting.
Summary

Blockworks has acquired crypto data firm Messari, combining two rival digital-asset information businesses into a single platform covering more than 40,000 assets. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition follows a Series A extension that valued Blockworks at $192 million and marks the company’s first major deal to expand by absorbing another business. Messari’s platform spans asset and market data, protocol analytics, token unlock schedules, fundraising records, social sentiment tracking and an API used by hedge funds, exchanges, custodians and regulators. Blockworks, founded in 2018, built its business around events, podcasts and research before adding a data product for large investors. It said it employs about 100 people across a dozen countries and is on track to generate more than $30 million in revenue in 2025. The combined company plans to keep Messari’s current products and focus next on broader data coverage, stronger APIs, investor relations tools, compliance workflows and what it described as AI-native workflows, as it positions the deal as part of a wider consolidation trend in crypto market intelligence.

Terms & Concepts
  • token unlock schedules: Timetables showing when previously restricted crypto tokens become available for trading or transfer
  • APIs: Application programming interfaces that let software systems access and exchange data automatically
  • AI-native workflows: Processes designed from the outset to use artificial intelligence tools as a core part of analysis or operations