MoonPay launches new platform MoonPay Trade to expand tokenized assets and DeFi market

Odaily MoonPay announced the launch of a new platform, MoonPay Trade, targeting banks, fintech companies, and enterprise clients, providing unified access to tokenized assets, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, and stablecoin liquidity across over 200 blockchain networks.

The platform is powered by Decent.xyz, a cross-chain routing infrastructure company recently acquired by MoonPay for an amount reportedly in the "high eight figures." MoonPay stated that the product will serve as the core execution layer for its institutional business, MoonPay Institutional, which is led by former acting Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Caroline Pham.

MoonPay Trade will support subscriptions for tokenized funds, collateral transfers, and integration with DeFi protocols such as Aave, Morpho, and Maple Finance, enabling institutions to conduct lending and yield-generating operations directly on-chain.

Industry data shows that the current scale of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) has exceeded $33 billion, a threefold increase over the past year. Traditional financial institutions including BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and JPMorgan have successively launched tokenized fund products, driving institutional capital to accelerate its entry into the on-chain financial system.

MoonPay stated that as institutions continue to advance their tokenized asset strategies, its goal is to provide traditional financial institutions with compliant infrastructure capabilities for accessing on-chain markets through a unified interface. (CoinDesk)