MoonPay's Acquisition Spree Continues as It Targets One of Crypto's Biggest UX Problems

MoonPay isn't just buying companies—it's assembling the infrastructure to become crypto's financial operating system.

The payments giant has announced its acquisition of Glide, a startup focused on simplifying crypto deposits, marking MoonPay's sixth acquisition of 2026. While previous deals strengthened areas such as custody, trading, AI and accounting, Glide addresses one of the industry's most frustrating pain points: sending crypto on the wrong network or in the wrong token.

The move signals MoonPay's ambition to own every stage of the digital asset journey, from fiat onramps to trading, payments and now frictionless deposits.

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Fixing a Costly Problem for Crypto Users

One of crypto's most persistent UX problems is depositing the wrong asset. Sending tokens on the wrong network, holding an unsupported token, or navigating multiple bridges and swaps can leave users frustrated—or in some cases, permanently separated from their funds.

Glide was built to solve exactly that. Founded in 2023 by Tushar Soni and Qinyu Tong, the engineers behind Robinhood's crypto wallet, the Y Combinator-backed startup enables apps to accept deposits from virtually any token, wallet, exchange or payment card.

Behind the scenes, Glide automatically routes funds to the correct asset and blockchain, removing the need for users to bridge, swap or repeat KYC before making a deposit.

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Rather than competing on a single product, MoonPay appears to be positioning itself as the infrastructure provider powering crypto applications behind the scenes.

With more than 30 million customers across 180 countries and over 1,200 enterprise clients, the company is steadily evolving into one of the industry's largest full-stack financial infrastructure providers.

As crypto matures, the biggest opportunities may no longer come from launching another blockchain or exchange—but from making the experience so seamless that users never have to think about the underlying infrastructure at all.

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MoonPay's Acquisition Spree Continues as It Targets One of Crypto's Biggest UX Problems