Blockworks acquired Messari after receiving a $192 million valuation earlier this year, deepening its push into crypto data infrastructure as competition intensifies to build the industry’s information layer.
Summary
- Blockworks acquired Messari following its recent valuation of $192 million.
- The agreement includes crypto asset disclosure, market data, research, and API services under one platform.
- Blockworks says AI and institutional adoption are increasing demand for crypto infrastructure.
According to an announcement from Blockworks, the deal brings together two of the world’s largest crypto data businesses and represents the company’s first major acquisition since completing a Series A funding round that totaled $192 million.
Messari brings coverage of over 40,000 crypto assets to work. The company has spent eight years building data products covering markets, exchanges, stablecoins, contracts, tokenization, fundraising, research, public sentiment, event monitoring, and other market segments. Blockworks said Messari’s API is now widely used by funds, exchanges, developers, and other institutional stakeholders.
Earlier this year, crypto.news reported that Blockworks raised new capital while repositioning itself from a media-focused company into a provider of enterprise-grade data and intelligence services. The company shut down its flagship news division in October 2025 and redirected resources to Blockworks Intelligence and its proprietary data platform.
The agreement links the issuers with the users of the facility
Alongside the acquisition, Blockworks has outlined plans to connect crypto asset issuers with investors, exchanges, regulators, platforms, and other market participants through an integrated data and disclosure system.
Blockworks said its existing products focus on the issuing side of the market with tools such as the Token Transparency Framework, investor relations services, research products, and institutional distribution. Messari, on the other hand, has built products used by funds, custodians, businesses, fintech firms, regulators, exchanges, and developers seeking market intelligence and data access.
Commenting on the transaction, Blockworks founder Jason Yanowitz said the acquisition connects issuers and investors through a network of shared information.
“Issuers maintain a reliable record of their business, and investors, exchanges, regulators, and investors use that record through research, APIs, and automated workflows.”
As described by the company, the integrated platform is intended to provide standardized disclosures, measurements, research, investor relations tools, market data, monitoring systems, compatible workflows, and due diligence infrastructure for participants working in onchain capital markets.
The need for AI becomes part of the investment thesis
Apart from integrating products, Blockworks tied the acquisition to its vision that the crypto-information sector will unite a small group of prominent data providers.
Compared to established financial information companies such as S&P Global, Moody’s, FactSet, and Bloomberg, Blockworks argued that crypto still lacks the disclosures, ratings, benchmarks, and workflow infrastructure that support traditional financial markets.
Yanowitz also said that artificial intelligence may increase the demand for crypto market data instead of reducing it. According to the executive, digital assets are already generating structured and real-time information that can be consumed directly by automated systems, creating opportunities for platforms that include issuer disclosure, market intelligence, onchain activity, and AI-focused workflows.
Messari CEO Diran Li said both companies have spent years working to improve transparency and order across crypto markets.
“The merger allows us to pursue that shared vision well and build a stronger platform for customers, investors, and institutions moving along the chain.”
For existing customers, Blockworks said Messari’s products and data entry will continue to operate after the acquisition. Product development will focus on expanding data integration, strengthening APIs, improving investor relations software, improving monitoring and compliance tools, and bringing more audit and measurement capabilities across the integrated platform.
