Messari by Blockworks (@MessariCrypto) — Twitter Score 703 out of 1000

Messari By Blockworks is a crypto market intelligence and data analytics platform covering more than 40,000 digital assets with APIs, research tools, and AI-powered workflows, serving funds, exchanges, regulators, and developers. It was co-founded in 2018 by Ryan Selkis and Dan McArdle to address information asymmetry in the crypto market. Messari By Blockworks's Twitter Score is 703 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026.

Messari By Blockworks is now affiliated with Blockworks after being acquired in June 2026 for more than $10 million, a steep discount from its $300 million valuation set in 2022. Co-founder Ryan Selkis stepped down in July 2024 following politically charged tweets, transitioning to an advisor role, with CRO Eric Turner serving as interim CEO before Diran Li took over as CEO and repositioned the platform as an AI-first company. Messari By Blockworks provides an AI API with OpenAI-compatible chat completions and long-form research report generation backed by 40TB of crypto data from more than 500 sources, covering market data, on-chain metrics, token unlocks, fundraising data, and news. The platform also hosts the Mainnet summit, a major crypto industry conference.

Messari By Blockworks previously raised $21 million in a Series A led by Point72 Ventures in August 2021, Point72 Ventures' first investment in the crypto space, and $35 million in a Series B led by Brevan Howard Digital in September 2022 at a $300 million valuation, announced at the Mainnet summit that year. FTX Ventures also participated in the Series B just months before FTX filed for bankruptcy in November 2022. Earlier backers included Coinbase Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Winklevoss Capital, and Alameda Research, among others.

Messari By Blockworks ranks #116 (top 0.1%) out of 483,508 accounts tracked on this platform, with 958,943 followers as of August 2026 and 33,534 posts published. Its portfolio includes Token Engineering Academy and Filebase. The account has been mentioned by 2,921 accounts, with 7,772 total mentions.

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Messari By Blockworks draws a broad audience of crypto professionals. The accounts that follow Messari By Blockworks include 2,848 founders, 692 angel investors, 1,305 influencers and 171 VCs, among them Solana, Erik Voorhees, Toly, Ansem, Laura Shin and Stani.