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Finance

Mastercard Now Allowing Cardholders to Buy NFTs on Several Marketplaces

Mastercard is partnering with multiple platforms including Immutable X, The Sandbox and MoonPay.

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Finance

Over 60 Celebrities Poured $87M in MoonPay's Series A Funding Round

The payments startup raised $555 million overall in November, and the celeb investors are now known.

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Policy

MoonPay, Startup Known for Celeb NFT Buys, Adds Obama-Era Money Laundering Watchdog

James Freis ran the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network from 2007 to 2012.

Former FinCEN Director James Freis (left) and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (Dennis Brack/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Opinion

NFTs, Celebrities and Perverse Deal-Making

As crypto company MoonPay continues its marketing push, it's unclear whether celebrity enthusiasm for NFTs is real.

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Videos

MoonPay CEO on Raising $555M, $3.4B Valuation

MoonPay, a payment infrastructure provider for crypto companies, has raised $555 million in an all-equity Series A round led by Coatue and Tiger Global that values the firm at $3.4 billion. MoonPay co-founder and CEO Ivan Soto-Wright shares insights into the firm’s payment infrastructure, the latest funding round, and expansion plan.

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Finance

Payments Infrastructure Firm MoonPay Raises $555M at a $3.4B Valuation

The funding will be used to pursue M&A opportunities, hire more people and expand geographic coverage and payment methods.

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Finance

MoonPay Takes ‘Sizable’ Stake in Crypto Banking Provider BCB Group

Terms of the deal between the two London-based firms were not disclosed.

MoonPay's Zeeshan Feroz (left) and BCB Group's Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie (right)

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