MoonPay Acquires North Capital to Tap Regulated Tokenized Securities Markets
MoonPay, a leading crypto payments platform, has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire North Capital Investment Technology. This acquisition brings a U.S.-registered securities brokerage and advisory business into MoonPay's financial infrastructure platform.
The deal will make North Capital a wholly owned subsidiary of MoonPay once it closes, subject to regulatory approvals. North Capital runs an API-first private-markets infrastructure platform that supports capital raising, asset management, clearing, custody, and secondary trading for exempt securities, including tokenized securities.
MoonPay's platform now serves 35 million customers across 180 countries and over 1,500 enterprise clients. The acquisition signals a push into regulated capital markets, with MoonPay aiming to bring access, liquidity, and transparency to private markets.