{"id":146729,"date":"2026-09-25T11:30:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=146729"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:30:39","slug":"moonpay-agrees-to-buy-north-capital-in-push-into-tokenized-securities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=146729","title":{"rendered":"MoonPay Agrees To Buy North Capital In Push Into Tokenized Securities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>TL;DR<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>MoonPay has signed a definitive agreement to acquire private-markets infrastructure company North Capital.<\/li>\n<li>North Capital brings registered broker-dealers, an alternative trading system, transfer-agent operations and investment-advisory infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>The acquisition has been agreed but has not yet closed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MoonPay is making a much bigger move into regulated securities infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The crypto payments company has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire North Capital Investment Technology, a private-markets platform that combines software with regulated brokerage and trading businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The deal gives MoonPay something it would take years to build from scratch: an existing regulatory stack for private and tokenized securities.<\/p>\n<h2>North Capital Brings More Than An API<\/h2>\n<p>North Capital supports capital raising, asset management, clearing, <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/glossary\/custody\/\">custody<\/a> and secondary trading for exempt securities.<\/p>\n<p>Its infrastructure includes investor onboarding, transaction processing, subscription escrow and PPEX, a registered alternative trading system.<\/p>\n<p>MoonPay says the platform has supported more than $8.7 billion in primary and secondary transaction volume, while PPEX lists more than 1,250 approved assets for secondary trading.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition also brings North Capital\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/glossary\/sec\/\">SEC<\/a>-registered broker-dealers, transfer agent and investment adviser into the wider MoonPay group once the transaction closes.<\/p>\n<p>That is the strategic value.<\/p>\n<p>MoonPay already has infrastructure for moving between fiat currencies, <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/glossary\/stablecoin\/\">stablecoins<\/a> and crypto assets.<\/p>\n<p>North Capital adds the regulated machinery required for private securities.<\/p>\n<h2>Tokenized Assets Need Traditional Market Plumbing Too<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/glossary\/tokenized-assets\/\">Tokenization<\/a> can make securities easier to issue, transfer and settle.<\/p>\n<p>It does not remove the need for broker-dealers, transfer agents, investor checks or regulated trading venues.<\/p>\n<p>That has become one of the biggest constraints around real-world assets.<\/p>\n<p>A company can put ownership records onchain relatively easily.<\/p>\n<p>Building the legal and operational stack around those records is much harder.<\/p>\n<p>MoonPay is effectively buying that layer rather than assembling it piece by piece.<\/p>\n<p>The transaction remains subject to closing conditions, so North Capital is not yet a MoonPay subsidiary.<\/p>\n<p>But the intent is clear.<\/p>\n<p>MoonPay wants to sit somewhere between conventional capital markets and crypto infrastructure, allowing issuers and investors to move across fiat, digital assets and private securities through a more integrated platform.<\/p>\n<p>If tokenized securities become a meaningful part of financial markets, the companies controlling those regulated rails could be as important as the blockchains carrying the tokens themselves.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was written by the News Desk and edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/author\/samuelrae\/\">Samuel Rae<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TL;DR MoonPay has signed a definitive agreement to acquire private-markets infrastructure company North Capital. North Capital brings registered broker-dealers, an alternative trading system, transfer-agent operations and investment-advisory infrastructure. The acquisition has been agreed but has not yet closed. MoonPay is making a much bigger move into regulated securities infrastructure. 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