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MoonPay Acquires Meso to Accelerate Unified Crypto Payments Push

The deal installs Meso’s founders in top product and technology posts, underscoring MoonPay’s pivot beyond on-ramps.

Overview

  • Meso co-founders Ali Aghareza becomes chief technology officer and Ben Mills becomes senior vice president of product at MoonPay, bringing experience from Braintree, PayPal and Venmo.
  • MoonPay disclosed no purchase price or closing timetable for the transaction.
  • The company says the acquisition advances its plan to link banks, card networks, stablecoins and multiple blockchains into a single payments system.
  • The move extends a 2025 acquisition streak that includes Helio, Iron and Decent.xyz as MoonPay assembles a broader payments stack.
  • CEO Ivan Soto-Wright told Bloomberg the firm was profitable last year and is discussing a new funding round that could lift its $3.4 billion valuation.