最近,币圈又多了一个市值几十亿美元的大玩家。
MoonPay是一家成立仅三年的软件开发商,通过它的产品平台,人们可以使用信用卡、手机钱包、银行转账等方式购买虚拟币。最近,该公司刚刚完成由Coatue和Tiger Global公司领投的5.55亿美元的首轮融资,其估值也飙升至34亿美元。
MoonPay的联合创始人及首席执行官伊万·索托-怀特在一篇博客文章里表示:“这轮历史性融资是投资人对我们正在做的事情和将来要做的事情投的一张信任票。它证明人们相信我们有能力把10亿人带入币圈。”
除了MoonPay之外,还有几家虚拟币公司也吸引了投资者的兴趣。比如文克莱沃斯兄弟的Gemini交易平台在11月中旬也拉到了4亿美元融资。
在MoonPay平台上,人们能够通过各种方式进行虚拟币与法币之间的交易,例如通过苹果(Apple)的Apple Pay、谷歌(Google)的Google Pay以及借记卡、信用卡等等。Bitcoin.com是MoonPay最早的客户之一。MoonPay正在想方设法简化各种NFT代币的结算流程,并表示它认为NFT(非同质化代币)将是币圈的下一个巨大增长点。
索托-怀特说:“随着NFT的异军突起,虚拟币将掀起一场数字物权的革命。比如在艺术品界,它的意义不亚于一场文艺复兴。而在其他行业,也必将涌现出越来越多的数字代币应用案例。例如,我们相信票务行业将被NFT彻底颠覆。”
MoonPay指出,该公司的愿景是到2030年前“将10亿人带入币圈”,并表示它的软件“促进了虚拟币的民主化”,让任何企业都可以使用到必要的币圈基础设施,同时还能够保证符合监管要求。该公司的A轮融资将用于增加员工、增添更多的支付方式,以及扩大业务范围。
自投入运营以来,MoonPay已经处理了超过20亿美元的虚拟币交易,它的业务也变得愈加繁忙。索托-怀特称,在过去两年里,该公司的交易量已经增长了35倍。(财富中文网)
译者:朴成奎
最近,币圈又多了一个市值几十亿美元的大玩家。
MoonPay是一家成立仅三年的软件开发商,通过它的产品平台,人们可以使用信用卡、手机钱包、银行转账等方式购买虚拟币。最近,该公司刚刚完成由Coatue和Tiger Global公司领投的5.55亿美元的首轮融资,其估值也飙升至34亿美元。
MoonPay的联合创始人及首席执行官伊万·索托-怀特在一篇博客文章里表示:“这轮历史性融资是投资人对我们正在做的事情和将来要做的事情投的一张信任票。它证明人们相信我们有能力把10亿人带入币圈。”
除了MoonPay之外,还有几家虚拟币公司也吸引了投资者的兴趣。比如文克莱沃斯兄弟的Gemini交易平台在11月中旬也拉到了4亿美元融资。
在MoonPay平台上,人们能够通过各种方式进行虚拟币与法币之间的交易,例如通过苹果(Apple)的Apple Pay、谷歌(Google)的Google Pay以及借记卡、信用卡等等。Bitcoin.com是MoonPay最早的客户之一。MoonPay正在想方设法简化各种NFT代币的结算流程,并表示它认为NFT(非同质化代币)将是币圈的下一个巨大增长点。
索托-怀特说:“随着NFT的异军突起,虚拟币将掀起一场数字物权的革命。比如在艺术品界,它的意义不亚于一场文艺复兴。而在其他行业,也必将涌现出越来越多的数字代币应用案例。例如,我们相信票务行业将被NFT彻底颠覆。”
MoonPay指出,该公司的愿景是到2030年前“将10亿人带入币圈”,并表示它的软件“促进了虚拟币的民主化”,让任何企业都可以使用到必要的币圈基础设施,同时还能够保证符合监管要求。该公司的A轮融资将用于增加员工、增添更多的支付方式,以及扩大业务范围。
自投入运营以来,MoonPay已经处理了超过20亿美元的虚拟币交易,它的业务也变得愈加繁忙。索托-怀特称,在过去两年里,该公司的交易量已经增长了35倍。(财富中文网)
译者:朴成奎
The crypto world has a new multi-billion-dollar player.
MoonPay, a three-year old software developer whose product lets people buy and sell cryptocurrencies using credit cards, mobile wallets and bank transfers, has seen its valuation blast off to $3.4 billion after securing $555 million in its first financing round, led by Coatue and Tiger Global.
“This historic financing round is a vote of confidence for what we’re doing and where we’re headed next. It’s proof that people believe in our ability to bring the next billion people to crypto, a waystation to our final destination: the moon,” said Ivan Soto-Wright, MoonPay’s co-founder and CEO, in a blog post.
The figure comes as several crypto players have seen increased interest from investors. The Winklevoss Twins’ Gemini exchange raised $400 million at mid-November.
MoonPay lets people exchange cryptocurrencies and fiat, or government-issued, currencies using major payment methods, including Apple Pay and Google Pay, along with debit and credit cards. Bitcoin.com was one of the earliest customers. MoonPay is now looking to streamline the checkout process in the NFT world, saying it believes NFTs to be the next big growth area.
“With the meteoric rise of NFTs, crypto encompasses a booming revolution in digital ownership,” said Soto-Wright. “In the arts this has sparked nothing short of a renaissance—an explosion of activity that’s bound to reach other industries as new use cases for digital tokens are discovered. We believe the ticketing industry, for example, will likely be radically disrupted by NFTs.”
The company says it views its mission as bringing “the next billion people” to the crypto world by 2030. It says its software “democratizes crypto,” letting any business have access to the necessary infrastructure to remain compliant with regulations. It plans to use the Series A funds to increase its staff, add more payment methods and expand its footprint.
MoonPay has processed more than $2 billion in transactions since beginning operations. And business has gotten exponentially busier. Transaction volume increased 35-fold in the past two years, Soto-Wright said.