# Messari Crypto M&A Deals

> Messari Crypto M&A Deals is a paid API for AI agents from api.messari.io, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Returns paginated cryptocurrency merger and acquisition deals including acquirer, target entity, and transaction values with date filtering.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.messari.io/funding/v1/mergers-and-acquisitions?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-messari-io-f57b691f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_JGWJ_zoyN4hMRgil-zAQo

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability api-messari-io-f57b691f
```

Example prompt: Show me all crypto M&A deals announced after January 1 2024 where the transaction amount was at least $50 million, give me the first 20 results.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured data on cryptocurrency industry M&A activity, including deal values and counterparties. Prefer this over general web search when you need machine-readable, filterable deal records with entity IDs for cross-referencing with other Messari data like funding rounds or organization profiles.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid date format for announcedAfter or announcedBefore returns a 400 error
- Unknown acquiredEntityId or acquiringEntityId returns empty results
- Payment not included or insufficient results in 402 Payment Required
- Page number beyond available results returns empty data set
- transactionAmountMin greater than transactionAmountMax returns validation error

## How this service works

Get crypto M&A deals with acquirer, target, and deal values.

## Output

A paginated list of crypto M&A deal records, each containing the acquiring entity, the acquired/target entity, the announced date, and the transaction value or deal amount where available.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "page": {
   "type": "integer",
   "minimum": 1
  },
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "minimum": 1
  },
  "announcedAfter": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "announcedBefore": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "acquiredEntityId": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "string"
   }
  },
  "acquiringEntityId": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "string"
   }
  },
  "transactionAmountMax": {
   "type": "number"
  },
  "transactionAmountMin": {
   "type": "number"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "example": {
  "data": [
   {
    "id": "deal-001",
    "status": "completed",
    "acquiredEntity": {
     "id": "project-123",
     "name": "Acquired Protocol"
    },
    "acquiringEntity": {
     "id": "org-001",
     "name": "Acquirer Capital"
    },
    "announcementDate": "2025-05-20",
    "transactionAmountUSD": 75000000
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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