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MoonPay to buy North Capital in all-stock deal worth over $60M

MoonPay’s North Capital acquisition adds US broker-dealer, trading and investment infrastructure as it expands into tokenized securities.

By Shared News Radar · Published Sep 23, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC · Updated 2026-09-23 · Risk level: medium

Sources checked: Sep 23, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC

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MoonPay to buy North Capital in all-stock deal worth over $60M

What happened

MoonPay’s North Capital acquisition adds US broker-dealer, trading and investment infrastructure as it expands into tokenized securities.

Reported details

MoonPay to acquire SEC-registered North Capital in $60M all-stock deal: CoinDesk CryptoRank
The acquisition will support MoonPay’s aim of supporting mass adoption of tokenized real-world assets, CEO Ivan Soto-Wright said.
Crypto payments infrastructure firm MoonPay has agreed to acquire North Capital in an all stock deal that Coindesk said was worth more than $60 million, subject to regulatory approvals. The acquisition would give MoonPay a regulated securities infrastructure stack as it expands beyond crypto into tokenized assets. North Capital helps companies raise capital using exemptions […]
Sources told CoinDesk the all-stock deal is worth more than $60 million; the transaction remains subject to regulatory approval.

What the sources establish

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Why it matters for RWA markets

The material question is how the event affects institutional participation, tokenization infrastructure, issuer economics, market access, or regulatory positioning. The report does not turn that relevance into an endorsement.

Evidence boundary

Terms, figures, counterparties, and consequences not stated in the linked reports are not inferred. Material updates require a dated revision and an additional source check.

What to watch next

Official company statements, filings, and transaction documents.
Details on custody, settlement, eligibility, and tokenization scope.
Regulatory disclosures or corrections to the reported figures.

Sources and editorial check time

Cointelegraph: https://cointelegraph.com/news/moonpay-north-capital-acquisition
CoinDesk RSS: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/09/23/moonpay-to-acquire-sec-registered-north-capital-in-usd60-million-all-stock-deal
Ledger Insights RWA: https://www.ledgerinsights.com/moonpay-buys-north-capital-including-ats-for-tokenized-securities/
The Defiant Live: https://thedefiant.io/converge/tradfi-and-fintech/moonpay-agrees-to-buy-north-capital-adding-securities-infrastructure
Editorial source check time: 2026-09-23T21:26:14.637Z

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