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MoonPay buys Glide to bolster crypto deposits infrastructure
MoonPay acquires Glide, a crypto infrastructure startup that simplifies multi-chain and multi-token deposits, integrating the technology into MoonPay Deposits. The deal is MoonPay's sixth acquisition of 2026 as it builds a layered digital asset infrastructure stack including security, trading, and accounting capabilities.
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The Wire takeaway
If you're building on-ramps, wallets, or dApps that need deposits, MoonPay just bought your plumbing supplier and now owns the full stack from fiat to asset—and will sell it back to you as a bundled service. Your choice is integrate or build it yourself faster than MoonPay can consolidate the market.
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Topics: Crypto & Web3 · Fintech · crypto-infrastructure · fintech-m-and-a · deposit-flows · stablecoin-rails · wallet-integration