what's moonpay?
MoonPay is a cryptocurrency payment platform founded in 2019 that simplifies buying, selling, and swapping digital assets for users worldwide. It supports over 25 million users across 180 countries and integrates with more than 500 partners, including major wallets and exchanges like Phantom and Bitcoin.com. Key features include seamless on-ramp and off-ramp services using payment methods such as credit/debit cards, Apple Pay, PayPal, and bank transfers. The platform emphasizes security, compliance with regulations like GDPR and PCI DSS, and innovative tools like MoonPay Balance for fee-free transactions in select regions. MoonPay also enables crypto payments for real-world experiences, such as reservations at restaurants via partnerships like Dorsia.
MoonPay achieved a stablecoin onramp record today and is expanding its team.
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x.com/moonpayHit a new single-day stablecoin onramp record through the MoonPay CLI on April 13, 2026.
Hiring for six positions: Treasury Manager, Sr. Director of Trust & Safety, Cloud Security Engineer, Product Security Manager, Sr. Security Engineer for Automation, and Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, with locations in New York, Spain, UK, and remote/hybrid positions across the US and Europe.
Partners with Moto Card to integrate virtual accounts via Iron, enabling instant fiat funding for crypto-backed Visa Infinite cards with buy-now-pay-later perks and up to 5% cashback.
Partners with WalletConnect and Ingenico to enable stablecoin payments at retail using Virtual Accounts for instant fiat settlement at checkout without merchants holding crypto.
Set new single-day stablecoin onramp records in the MoonPay CLI on three consecutive days: April 8, April 9, and April 10, 2026.
Charges 1% fee for bank transfer onramp services
Integrated on-ramps into Nansen platform, AI trading app, and CLI, supporting fiat to crypto via credit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay.
Integrated into Paysafe's 'Pay with Crypto' feature for US iGaming and fantasy sports, enabling crypto deposits.
MoonPay's AI sci-fi film "Satoshi Sunrise" reached 1.2 million views within one week of release.
Had claims against it in a lawsuit involving BAYC purchases dismissed by a federal judge in October 2025.
Integrated with Zengo Business to enable fiat-to-stablecoin conversion for US and EU customers through MoonPay Virtual Accounts.
Integrated with Polygon, enabling 850% faster POL and USDC purchase speeds.
Joined Better Money as one of the first stablecoin issuers in its new clearinghouse, raising $10M from a16z.
Facilitated $3 billion in crypto onramp flows since January 2025, with only $250 million in offramp flows during the same period.
Integrated with Sim Office v2.0.8 for crypto trading via an agent trading desk feature.
Partnered with Legend Trade as their exclusive crypto deposits partner, enabling traders to fund accounts with tokens across multiple chains.
Reached 3 million CLI tool calls, following 1 million within 30 days of launch and 2 million 7 days later.
Launched CLI tool (@moonpay/cli) via npm, providing AI Agent functionality, wallet creation, virtual account setup, zero-fee stablecoin onramps, and 40+ DeFi capabilities.
Launched Myriad Skill feature for MoonPay Agents, enabling predictions on Polymarket, Kalshi, and Myriad using USD1.
Integrated payment rails into Whop Finance and Whop Treasury, enabling card and crypto deposits, supporting crypto/fiat treasury funding, direct crypto conversion for creators, and up to 6% APY on self-custodial accounts, leveraging Tether's stablecoin infrastructure.
Promoted PackripEwing to Senior Director of Marketing.
Launched a liquid staking token (LST) in partnership with Sanctum's Infinity platform on Solana, alongside Jupiter and Bybit as mega brand partners.
Won the Crowdfunding Innovation Award in the 2026 Fintech Breakthrough Awards alongside other industry leaders including Mastercard, Capital One, Intuit, and Lending Club.
Won "Cryptocurrency Info Source of the Year" award for MoonPay Minute newsletter, which reaches 150,000+ subscribers weekly.
Participated in Myriad Markets seed investment round alongside Auros and Tom Lee.
Ranked as one of the Top 25 startups in Finance to work for in America.
Runs weekly $1,000 SOL giveaway for X followers through end of 2026, with 5 winners receiving $200 each.
Halsey Huth joins Superteam USA Advisory Council as a Ranger in a partnership role with MoonPay.
Integrated with Exodus for XO Cash ($XO), a USD-backed stablecoin built on M0, launched on Solana on 2026-03-12.
Integrated with Swivul travel booking platform, enabling cryptocurrency checkout through MoonPay Commerce.
Acquired Iron, a stablecoin infrastructure provider focused on on-ramps, off-ramps, and crypto-payment solutions.
Joined Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program for digital asset use cases including cross-border payments, settlement, and global money movement.
Integrated with Pumpfun for cross-chain deposits from 9 chains (Arbitrum, Base, Bitcoin, BSC, Ethereum, Hyperliquid, Plasma, Polygon, Solana) to fund trader accounts.
Collaborates with nelkboys on a giveaway promotion offering $1,000 total in Solana ($250 to each of 4 winners) scheduled for 2026-03-13.
Recognized by ChatGPT as a top 5 onramp and offramp for AI Agents, claiming the #1 position.
Distributed XRP to four users (@ZheaOnAir, @BrayBroken12, @xtina_george, @cmgainz) via MoonPay accounts in a giveaway sponsored by @nelkboys on March 6, 2026.
Open-sourced Open Wallet Standard (OWS) March 10, 2026, for AI agents across eight chain families, backed by PayPal, Ethereum Foundation, Ripple, Solana Foundation, Circle; co-sponsors OWS Hackathon with Ripple and Zerion April 4, 2026. Integrates as crypto on/off ramp for x402 and The Syndicate Squad supervisor system built for the OWS hackathon, settling in USDC on Base for human capital flow.
Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer Caroline Pham was named to the Women in FinTech Powerlist 2025 by Innovate Finance.
Running a $2,500 Bitcoin giveaway with 5 winners receiving $500 each, scheduled to conclude on 2026-03-31, with an additional $1,000 prize pool if 300K Twitter followers is reached before that date.
Released open-wallet standard and CLI trust layer for agentic finance. Abhay M speaks at BlockworksDAS in NYC March 26, 2026, FO256 in West Palm Beach March 30, 2026, and SuperPay in Miami March 2026.
Serves as presenting sponsor of ETH MILAN, the largest crypto conference in Italy.
Launches Moon Crush product in Waitrose stores and online for UK customers starting April 2026, via collaboration with Rekt and OpenSea.
Integrated with Moonbet Casino as a payment provider, enabling instant withdrawals.
Has partnered with over 500 leading DeFi brands since 2019.
Hosts a giveaway in collaboration with DYLI for a PSA 10 first edition Kabuto Pokémon card from 1999, with the winner to be selected and the card delivered via DYLI account on 2026-03-02.
Hosts a giveaway in collaboration with Nelk Boys, offering $2,000 in Bitcoin total ($200 each to 10 winners), with winners to be announced on 2026-02-27.
Partnered with rektguyNFT for a collaborative product line featuring a peach raspberry flavored beverage called "moon crush".
Runs a $1,000 crypto giveaway (5 winners of $200 each) in collaboration with Dreamcash to promote trading experience on Hyperliquid, with winners announced on 2026-02-27.
Partners with Dreamcash to power fiat onramps into the Hyperliquid ecosystem through Dreamcash's trading terminal across app, web, and desktop platforms.
Integrated Dyli Deposits, enabling purchase of collectibles (Pokémon, One Piece, Panini, Topps, Magic, Marvel, Vibes, precious metals).
Listed as one of six payment provider options for a 24-hour zero processing fee promotion in the Ledger Wallet app from February 18-19, 2026.
Powers deposits for ARES, a new onchain trading terminal that launched on February 18, 2026, enabling users to fund accounts with tokens from any chain.
Runs a $1,000 crypto giveaway with 10 winners receiving $100 each on 2026-03-01.
Stablecoin Lead Zach Kwartler delivers keynote on stablecoin strategy at ETHDenver conference.
Integrated ClawApp for USD1 credit card purchases to fund AI agents. Launched zero-fee global onramping for AI agents for USDC, USDT, PYUSD, RLUSD across Ethereum, Solana, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Avalanche, Tron, TON, BNB Chain, and for USD1 on ETH and BNB chains.
Integrated with Telegram for wallet-to-wallet crypto transfers, enabling Bitcoin sends to Telegram's crypto wallet.
Partners with Deel to pay 40,000 UK and EU businesses' employees in stablecoins, launching March 2026 with US, expanding worldwide with conversion, wallet delivery, and off-ramp capabilities.
Distributed free USDC to users who commented their MoonTag.
Partnered with Chronicle to provide transparent, verifiable proof of reserves for tokenized assets.
partnered with OXterminal (migrating to OCX), a platform with 240k market cap featuring a tokenomics flywheel based on weekly volume
Integrated ctUSD stablecoin into Citrea Mainnet alongside cBTC.
Integrated Chainalysis KYT with Unit21 for unified compliance intelligence and alerting.
Added support for USAâ‚® (Tether USD) for purchase or sale on the platform.
Became X Games title sponsor starting March 2026, rebranding as MoonPay X Games to launch a global team league. Held first League Draft on 2026-03-12, appointing Nyjah Huston Athlete Ambassador, with Exodus and Mastercard distributing $100,000 in XO Cash signing bonuses.
Integrated with Dexscreener to enable purchases through the platform.
Announced a new payments partnership with MYRIAD to integrate payment services.
Offers zero processing fees for crypto purchases through Ledger Wallet app for 24 hours starting January 14, 2026, as part of a promotional event with multiple payment providers.
Co-signed a letter alongside other parties, increasing public awareness of the company's position on an unspecified matter.
Integrated onramps into Trojan's trading terminal on Solana.
Soft-shilled and hinted at a potential new feature on 2026-01-09.
Partnered with creator Theo Von to pay him in Bitcoin.
Integrated with Rumble to power Rumble Wallet, enabling Bitcoin tipping for Rumble streamers.
Processed record DeFi ecosystem volume in 2025, representing the highest annual volume to date.
Integrated MoonPay deposits with dyli_io and arespro, enabling 35 million verified users to fund accounts with fiat and tokens from any chain.
Promotes social media lead to Senior Director of Social Media position.
Partnered with Limitless to enable crypto payments for prediction markets.
Is in talks for a funding round targeting a $5 billion valuation with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, as a potential investor.
MoonPay sponsors a storytelling content project created by @__weesh__, with a trailer released for the initiative focused on crypto culture and creative storytelling.
MoonPay launches Commerce dApp exclusively for Solana mobile Seeker on the Solana dApp Store and integrates with MetaMask for Bitcoin purchases.
A series of partnership announcements with new and existing partners will be released over the coming week.
Allegations emerge that a syndicate exploits MoonPay's payment system using hacked credit cards to purchase NFTs and farm OpenSea points, with calls for investigation by MoonPay, OpenSea, and blockchain investigator zachxbt into the alleged multi-month operation.
Into.space platform coming soon to MoonPay Network.
Launched PYUSDx white-label stablecoin framework with M0 Foundation and PayPal, enabling developers to mint branded stablecoins backed 1:1 by PayPal USD.
Integrated with Tangem for hardware wallet cryptocurrency purchases.
Senator Mark Warner visits MoonPay's New York office and discusses crypto market structure legislation challenges, stating that getting a markup done before Christmas break will be "very hard" due to pending White House language on ethics and quorum. MoonPay attends BREAKPOINT in Abu Dhabi for the week to connect with the Solana community.
Integrated with TON Wallet and MyTonWallet on TON blockchain for cross-chain 1:1 stablecoin deposits on February 11, 2026, supporting deposits in TON wallet on Telegram.
MoonPay partners with Solflare, enabling users to purchase the Solflare Shield Hardware Wallet with crypto through MoonPay Commerce, now live.
Nick Ace joins as Executive Creative Director, bringing experience from Cash App (Head of Brand Design) and Collins (Chief Creative Officer) to focus on crypto onboarding design.
Secured New York Trust charter, launched Enterprise Stablecoin business line, and Virtual Accounts with Axal, Mass Money, Moneda, and Select. Partnered with Ryder, Axiom, Zengo, and DYDX. Launched MoonPay Agent on February 24, 2026, as a multi-chain AI agent CLI tool for Solana, Ethereum, Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Tron, and Bitcoin with non-custodial local wallets using OS keychain encryption, providing AI systems access to onramps and DeFi capabilities. Integrated with Polymarket CLI.
MoonPay partners with XPlace, a Solana-native credit card, enabling XPlace cardholders to buy and sell crypto directly through MoonPay using their preferred payment methods.
MoonPay integrates Monad blockchain, expanding its onramp capabilities to include the new network.
MoonPay becomes official partner of the Rekt Invitational.
MoonPay launches Black Friday 24-hour promotion with 0% onramp fees for Pump.fun app users paying with Apple Pay, Google Pay, and debit/credit cards.
MoonPay teams up with Solana to host an exclusive event at the Louvre for SolanaConf attendees in Abu Dhabi.
NYDFS grants MoonPay a Limited Purpose Trust Charter for crypto custody and OTC trading operations in New York, making it one of few firms with both BitLicense and Trust Charter authorization.
Running giveaway campaign worth thousands of dollars through partnerships with Phantom and Football Dot Fun platform.
MoonPay integrates fiat onramp and offramp services with Arkham platform.
Partnership announced with ZenGo as exclusive global onramp and offramp provider, offering lower fees for Pro users and institutional Virtual Accounts powered by Iron coming to Zengo Business.
MoonPay produces DREAMLAB, a content series featuring three artists in its first season, with premiere scheduled at Art Basel on December 5th.
MoonPay integrates fiat onramp with Phantom's newly launched trading terminal.