最近,幣圈又多了一個市值幾十億美元的大玩家。
MoonPay是一家成立僅三年的軟件開發(fā)商,通過它的產(chǎn)品平臺,人們可以使用信用卡、手機(jī)錢包、銀行轉(zhuǎn)賬等方式購買虛擬幣。最近,該公司剛剛完成由Coatue和Tiger Global公司領(lǐng)投的5.55億美元的首輪融資,其估值也飆升至34億美元。
MoonPay的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人及首席執(zhí)行官伊萬·索托-懷特在一篇博客文章里表示:“這輪歷史性融資是投資人對我們正在做的事情和將來要做的事情投的一張信任票。它證明人們相信我們有能力把10億人帶入幣圈?!?/p>
除了MoonPay之外,還有幾家虛擬幣公司也吸引了投資者的興趣。比如文克萊沃斯兄弟的Gemini交易平臺在11月中旬也拉到了4億美元融資。
在MoonPay平臺上,人們能夠通過各種方式進(jìn)行虛擬幣與法幣之間的交易,例如通過蘋果(Apple)的Apple Pay、谷歌(Google)的Google Pay以及借記卡、信用卡等等。Bitcoin.com是MoonPay最早的客戶之一。MoonPay正在想方設(shè)法簡化各種NFT代幣的結(jié)算流程,并表示它認(rèn)為NFT(非同質(zhì)化代幣)將是幣圈的下一個巨大增長點(diǎn)。
索托-懷特說:“隨著NFT的異軍突起,虛擬幣將掀起一場數(shù)字物權(quán)的革命。比如在藝術(shù)品界,它的意義不亞于一場文藝復(fù)興。而在其他行業(yè),也必將涌現(xiàn)出越來越多的數(shù)字代幣應(yīng)用案例。例如,我們相信票務(wù)行業(yè)將被NFT徹底顛覆。”
MoonPay指出,該公司的愿景是到2030年前“將10億人帶入幣圈”,并表示它的軟件“促進(jìn)了虛擬幣的民主化”,讓任何企業(yè)都可以使用到必要的幣圈基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施,同時(shí)還能夠保證符合監(jiān)管要求。該公司的A輪融資將用于增加員工、增添更多的支付方式,以及擴(kuò)大業(yè)務(wù)范圍。
自投入運(yùn)營以來,MoonPay已經(jīng)處理了超過20億美元的虛擬幣交易,它的業(yè)務(wù)也變得愈加繁忙。索托-懷特稱,在過去兩年里,該公司的交易量已經(jīng)增長了35倍。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:樸成奎
最近,幣圈又多了一個市值幾十億美元的大玩家。
MoonPay是一家成立僅三年的軟件開發(fā)商,通過它的產(chǎn)品平臺,人們可以使用信用卡、手機(jī)錢包、銀行轉(zhuǎn)賬等方式購買虛擬幣。最近,該公司剛剛完成由Coatue和Tiger Global公司領(lǐng)投的5.55億美元的首輪融資,其估值也飆升至34億美元。
MoonPay的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人及首席執(zhí)行官伊萬·索托-懷特在一篇博客文章里表示:“這輪歷史性融資是投資人對我們正在做的事情和將來要做的事情投的一張信任票。它證明人們相信我們有能力把10億人帶入幣圈?!?/p>
除了MoonPay之外,還有幾家虛擬幣公司也吸引了投資者的興趣。比如文克萊沃斯兄弟的Gemini交易平臺在11月中旬也拉到了4億美元融資。
在MoonPay平臺上,人們能夠通過各種方式進(jìn)行虛擬幣與法幣之間的交易,例如通過蘋果(Apple)的Apple Pay、谷歌(Google)的Google Pay以及借記卡、信用卡等等。Bitcoin.com是MoonPay最早的客戶之一。MoonPay正在想方設(shè)法簡化各種NFT代幣的結(jié)算流程,并表示它認(rèn)為NFT(非同質(zhì)化代幣)將是幣圈的下一個巨大增長點(diǎn)。
索托-懷特說:“隨著NFT的異軍突起,虛擬幣將掀起一場數(shù)字物權(quán)的革命。比如在藝術(shù)品界,它的意義不亞于一場文藝復(fù)興。而在其他行業(yè),也必將涌現(xiàn)出越來越多的數(shù)字代幣應(yīng)用案例。例如,我們相信票務(wù)行業(yè)將被NFT徹底顛覆?!?/p>
MoonPay指出,該公司的愿景是到2030年前“將10億人帶入幣圈”,并表示它的軟件“促進(jìn)了虛擬幣的民主化”,讓任何企業(yè)都可以使用到必要的幣圈基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施,同時(shí)還能夠保證符合監(jiān)管要求。該公司的A輪融資將用于增加員工、增添更多的支付方式,以及擴(kuò)大業(yè)務(wù)范圍。
自投入運(yùn)營以來,MoonPay已經(jīng)處理了超過20億美元的虛擬幣交易,它的業(yè)務(wù)也變得愈加繁忙。索托-懷特稱,在過去兩年里,該公司的交易量已經(jīng)增長了35倍。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:樸成奎
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.