Blockworks
New York, US Β· 14 known investors
Blockworks operates a platform for onchain capital markets, connecting investors and businesses and providing data, research, and information to help investors underwrite crypto assets. It also produces market and crypto research and media content such as its "The Breakdown" series.
Also known as Blockworks Inc Β· Blockworks Inc.
Founders & leadership
Investors Β· 14
Also in the syndicate Β· 12
Valuation Β· disclosed
Disclosed eventsSource: SEC prospectus filings, and round valuations the company or its investors disclosed β follow each entry's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Blockworks Inc is a New York City-based data and software company focused on crypto markets. Its stated mission is to build trust in onchain capital markets by connecting investors and businesses: giving businesses a platform to establish credibility and giving investors the data and information needed to underwrite digital assets as an asset class. Its product set spans an onchain data platform, investor relations software (Blockworks Investor Relations), a data API, a market research platform, and the Token Transparency Framework, an open-source disclosure standard for crypto projects that was submitted to the U.S. SEC for feedback.
Alongside data products, Blockworks operates a media and events network. Its website publishes market dashboards covering spot and perpetual futures volumes, open interest, liquidations, total crypto market capitalization, blockchain REV, stablecoin lending rates, crypto ETF flows and sector leaderboards for blockchains, spot DEXs, lending markets, treasury companies and ETF issuers. It runs a podcast network including 0xResearch, Bell Curve, Bitcoin Builders, Empire, Expansion, Forward Guidance, Inflection Point, Lightspeed and The Breakdown, plus newsletters such as The Breakdown daily newsletter written by Byron Gilliam. Its events business centers on the Digital Asset Summit (DAS), an annual conference on institutional crypto adoption, with a DAS Asia edition scheduled at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore for 2026.
Secondary sources describe the company as having begun as an events business and later expanded into media, data and advisory services, and as having positioned itself as a "Bloomberg for crypto." One cited report indicates the company subsequently shut its news division to concentrate on data and analytics.
Founding story
The founders started with small-scale industry meetups and conferences after observing a gap between institutional finance and the nascent crypto ecosystem, where professional-grade education and reporting were scarce. Convening bankers, hedge fund managers and crypto entrepreneurs became the basis for later expansion into media and data services.
Business model
Blockworks combines subscription research and data products (Blockworks Research, an onchain data platform, and a data API) with software sold to crypto businesses (investor relations tooling), a media network of podcasts and newsletters, and paid conferences such as the Digital Asset Summit. A consulting/advisory line was also reported.
Subscriptions to research and data products, software (investor relations, API), sponsorship/advertising across media properties, event ticketing and sponsorship, and reported consulting services.
Traction
Secondary sourcing reports around 2 million monthly website page views and more than 160,000 daily newsletter subscribers as of early 2022, and nearly 100 employees across about a dozen countries as of 2026. Its Digital Asset Summit draws industry executives and political figures as speakers.
Latest developments
In April 2026 a venture news outlet reported Blockworks closed a Series A at a $192M valuation, led by ParaFi and Reciprocal Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures, MoonPay Ventures, Advancit Capital and others, plus more than 20 founders and operators from customer protocols; the amount was undisclosed and the funds were earmarked for operations and development. The company is promoting Digital Asset Summit Asia 2026 in Singapore and continues to publish research, dashboards and podcasts.
βΈFull profile β market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Described in secondary coverage as a leading crypto data and media provider aiming to be the "Bloomberg for crypto," serving institutional investors, professional traders and crypto businesses; one source characterizes it as a profitable media business.
Technology
An onchain data platform aggregating exchange and blockchain metrics β spot and perpetual futures volume, open interest, liquidations, transactions per second, median fees, stablecoin deposits, protocol revenue and ETF flows β surfaced via dashboards and a public API, plus the open-source Token Transparency Framework disclosure standard.
Go-to-market
Free market dashboards, podcasts and newsletters build an audience of crypto professionals, feeding paid research subscriptions, data/API access and enterprise products; large-scale conferences (DAS) provide direct access to institutional investors and protocol teams.
Institutional investors, professional traders, asset managers and crypto-native businesses and protocol teams that need onchain data, disclosure standards and investor-relations tooling.
Geography
Headquartered at 133 W 19th St., New York, NY 10011, United States. One report states the company employs nearly 100 people across roughly a dozen countries, and it has held events in London and plans a Singapore edition of its Digital Asset Summit.
History
Founded in 2018 in New York City by Jason Yanowitz and Michael Ippolito as an events company focused on institutional investment in blockchain, Blockworks expanded into media, data and advisory services. Blockworks Research launched in 2022, followed by Blockworks Analytics in 2023 and a data-first research platform redesign announced at the 2024 Digital Asset Summit in London. The company acquired The Breakdown podcast and The Drop NFT Media in 2024 and introduced the Token Transparency Framework, which it submitted to the SEC. Reporting differs on the founding year: one secondary source states the company was co-founded in 2017.
Risks & controversies
A cited news report indicates Blockworks shuttered its news division while pivoting to data and analytics, a business-model shift with execution risk. Sources also conflict on the founding year (2017 vs 2018) and on funding details, and the 2026 Series A amount was not disclosed.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources β announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed β not independently audited.
Competitors Β· 9
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Companies competing with Blockworks for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline Β· 10
launches, deals, and filingsPress report states Blockworks raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding at a $192M valuation, led by ParaFi and Reciprocal Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Advancit Capital, MoonPay Ventures and others, plus more than 20 founders and operators from its customer base; proceeds earmarked for expanding operations and development.
Blockworks lists DAS Asia 2026, a single-day summit at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, with speakers including executives from TRON, Hyperliquid Policy Center, Kraken, BitGo, Fidelity Investments and Robinhood.
A cited news report states Blockworks shut its news division and pivoted to data and analytics; date of the underlying report is not specified beyond the citation retrieval date.
Blockworks launched the Token Transparency Framework, an open-source disclosure standard for crypto projects, and submitted it to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for feedback.
Blockworks acquired The Breakdown podcast to expand its media offerings.
Blockworks acquired The Drop NFT Media as part of a media expansion.
Blockworks introduced a data-first redesign of its research platform, adding expanded asset dashboards, protocol spotlights, governance insights and on-chain metrics integrated with revenue analysis tools; announced at its Digital Asset Summit in London.
Blockworks announced a US$12 million Series A round led by 10T Holdings, reported at a $135M valuation, intended to support expansion of its research and events operations.
$12M source β
Blockworks launched its Analytics product, later built on with a data-first research platform redesign.
Blockworks Research launched as a research unit covering digital assets and blockchain protocols, publishing reports, commentary and governance analyses.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
βΈResearch sources Β· 8
primary sources listed
- Blockworksblockworks.com Β· web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Blockworks do?
- New York crypto data, research and media company building data and disclosure infrastructure for onchain capital markets.
- Who founded Blockworks?
- Blockworks was founded by Michael Ippolito.
- Who are Blockworks's investors?
- Blockworks's investors include Coinbase Ventures, Flowdesk.
- Where is Blockworks headquartered?
- Blockworks is headquartered in New York, US.