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About Blockworks
Blockworks is a digital asset information platform providing research, market data, analytics, and industry events. Its core business includes Blockworks Analytics (an on-chain and market data terminal), research reports, podcasts, and the DAS (Digital Asset Summit) conference series.
Its competitive edge lies in the transition from a media outlet to a data infrastructure provider. After acquiring Messari in June 2026, Blockworks integrated Messari's coverage of 40,000+ digital assets, enterprise-grade APIs, and standardized disclosure frameworks with its own research and investor relations products, aiming to build a comprehensive platform for institutional-grade market intelligence and compliance tools.
The market pain point it addresses is the fragmentation of crypto information: institutional investors and regulators require transparent, standardized, and machine-readable data, while traditional media and scattered tools fail to meet this demand. Blockworks solves this by combining data, research, and disclosure standards into one platform.
In the past six months (March–September 2026), Blockworks shut down its news division in April 2026 to focus on data and analytics, citing shifting audience preference toward real-time dashboards and institutional tools. In June 2026, it acquired Messari, consolidating two major crypto data and intelligence providers. The merger aims to expand enterprise products, enhance compliance and monitoring tools, and support AI-driven analytics workflows. No major negative events were reported during this period, aside from the newsroom closure which was a strategic pivot rather than a scandal.
Blockworks completed a Series A extension at a $192 million valuation, co-led by ParaFi Capital and Reciprocal Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and others. The funds will be used for M&A consolidation in the data industry, advancing its goal to become the Morningstar/Bloomberg of digital assets.
Blockworks acquired the podcast and newsletter network The Breakdown, strengthening its content and media distribution capabilities, and further solidifying its coverage and influence in the crypto information market.
Blockworks' key developments in the past six months (March-August 2026):
- Completed Series A extension at $192M valuation, co-led by ParaFi Capital and Reciprocal Ventures, with Coinbase Ventures participating.
- Acquired Messari, integrating its 40,000+ asset dataset and API capabilities to strengthen data infrastructure.
- Launched Blockworks IR investor relations platform, with Jito and BNB Chain as initial clients, offering on-chain analytics, branded investor portals, and disclosure tools.
- Released Token Transparency Framework (TTF), adopted by 30+ issuers, and presented to the SEC and CFTC.
- Established Transparency Alliance, joined by Coinbase, Binance.US, Kraken, Grayscale, and others.
Future focus:
- Position as the "Morningstar of crypto," building a full-stack data platform for on-chain assets.
- Integrate competitors via M&A to expand data coverage and product lines.
- Provide data and analytics for tokenized real-world assets (RWA) like equities, bonds, and commodities.
- Offer API-driven data access for AI agents, enabling automated trading, compliance monitoring, and more.
Co-founders:
Michael Ippolito (Co-founder) – Previously at Applied Value and MKS Instruments. Founded Blockworks in 2017 with Jason.
Jason Yanowitz (Co-founder) – Previously at Sisense. Founded Blockworks in 2017. Active on X @JasonYanowitz.
Core executives:
Dennis Stucken (CTO) – Leads technology. LinkedIn: /in/dstuecken, X: @dstuecken.
Julie Muroff (SVP of Events) – Oversees event strategy. LinkedIn: /in/juliemuroff.
Daniel Smith (VP of Product) – Drives product vision. LinkedIn: /in/danieltsmith37, X: @smyyguy.
Blockworks has seen frequent team changes recently. In March 2026, Luke Leasure succeeded Ryan Connor as Head of Research; Leasure had previously served as Research Analyst and Senior Research Analyst on the research team. Ryan Connor left the same month to join RockawayX as a Partner. Additionally, David Canellis, host of The Breakdown podcast, departed in July 2026. Combined with Blockworks' earlier closure of its news division and strategic pivot to data and analytics, the team restructuring continues.