Overview

• Meso co-founders Ali Aghareza becomes chief technology officer and Ben Mills becomes senior vice president of product at MoonPay, bringing experience from Braintree, PayPal and Venmo.
• MoonPay disclosed no purchase price or closing timetable for the transaction.
• The company says the acquisition advances its plan to link banks, card networks, stablecoins and multiple blockchains into a single payments system.
• The move extends a 2025 acquisition streak that includes Helio, Iron and Decent.xyz as MoonPay assembles a broader payments stack.
• CEO Ivan Soto-Wright told Bloomberg the firm was profitable last year and is discussing a new funding round that could lift its $3.4 billion valuation.