Messari

Hedge Fund Billionaire Steven Cohen’s Point72 Leads $21M Funding Round in Messari

Messari will use the funding to triple its engineering and research headcount and beef up its analyst hub.

News  ·  5 August 2021

Binance Says ‘Rollback’ Not Possible After DeFi Exploits on Binance Smart Chain

Binance is not responsible for "rug pulls" on Binance Smart Chain, an exchange representative says.

News  ·  27 May 2021
Newsletters

Crypto Hype Cycles and You

Bitcoin progresses through boom and bust cycles but always finds a new level of support. That may be true for its price and the people here today.

People  ·  31 March 2021
BitGo

Nearly $360M in Bitcoin Moved to Ethereum in October Despite DeFi Cool-Off

October’s growth is less than half of September’s 68,000 newly tokenized bitcoins.

Markets  ·  10 November 2020
FTX

DeFi Sell-Off Continues as Index Futures Retrace to June Levels

DeFi indices on FTX and Binance continue to plummet.

Markets  ·  3 November 2020
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Cash Is the Only Fork Underperforming Bitcoin This Year

Bitcoin cash has underperformed bitcoin by 18 percentage points this year while other forks have outperformed by at least 44 percentage points.

Markets  ·  16 July 2020
Dogecoin

Dogecoin Volumes Spike 1,900% in 2 Days Amid Viral TikTok Videos

The Shiba Inu meme-based cryptocurrency’s price climbed 35% as TikTok users encourage each other to invest.

Markets  ·  8 July 2020
SEC

Kin Foundation Publishes First Transparency Report Amid SEC Court Fight

The Kin Foundation is offering a peek under the hood of its operations with a new transparency report published with Messari.

News  ·  21 May 2020
Bitcoin

Ethereum Now Matches Bitcoin on One Key Metric

The use of the Ethereum network to move value around has shot to record levels, thanks to the growth of stablecoins.

Tech  ·  16 April 2020
Ethereum

Stablecoins ‘Flip’ Ethereum’s Native Currency in Transfer Value

A greater share of value is being transferred via stablecoins over the ethereum network than its own native cryptocurrency.

Markets  ·  30 January 2020
Donald Trump

Bitcoin as a Safe Haven? US-Iran Tensions Rekindle Debate

Bitcoin’s recent price jump after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian official has rekindled a long-running debate among investors: whether it will work as a safe-haven asset like gold in times of heightened geopolitical and economic turmoil.

Markets  ·  6 January 2020
Ether

Into the Ether: Majority of All ETH Wallets Now ‘Out-of-the-Money’

Ether is down significantly from record highs and the majority of its holders are losing money on their investments.

Markets  ·  23 December 2019
Coinbase

Data Provider Messari Closes $4 Million Funding Round

Messari's funding round was led by Uncork Capital and joined by Coinbase Ventures and Balaji Srinivasan, among others.

Business  ·  13 November 2019
Messari

Messari Disclosures Registry Tops 50 Cryptocurrencies With 11 New Additions

Eleven projects – including Cardano, Lisk and Beam – joined the Messari Disclosures Registry on Tuesday in a bid to foster transparency.

Markets  ·  20 August 2019
Startups

Amazon, Deloitte, Fidelity Partner With IDEO CoLab on Blockchain Accelerator

The new blockchain accelerator is aiming to boost 12 promising startups this year.

Business  ·  11 July 2019