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Pakistan Establishes Cryptocurrency Investigation Team to Combat Money Laundering Activities
According to Pakistani local media Dawn, the Pakistan Federal Investigation Agency has established a specialized department to combat cryptocurrency-related crimes, thereby strengthening law enforcement efforts against digital assets nationwide, targeting money laundering and terrorist financing activities conducted through virtual currencies.
MoonPay Acquires Dawn Labs and Launches AI Trading Assistant Dawn CLI
According to Decrypt, MoonPay has announced the acquisition of AI trading startup Dawn Labs and officially launched its AI-native trading product, Dawn CLI. This platform enables users to build and execute automated trading strategies via natural language prompts—no development or quantitative trading expertise required. Initially, the product supports the prediction market platform Polymarket, with plans to expand to additional trading platforms and asset types. Dawn CLI employs a local, non-custodial wallet and auditable strategy code to mitigate potential risks associated with AI agents executing trades. This acquisition marks MoonPay’s latest move in building AI infrastructure, following its earlier launch of the stablecoin debit card MoonAgents Card for AI agents, an open-source wallet standard, and its acquisition of crypto key management firm Sodot.
MoonPay Acquires Glide, a Crypto Infrastructure Company Founded by Former Robinhood Wallet Engineers
: Fintech platform MoonPay has acquired crypto infrastructure startup Glide and will integrate its deposit and routing technology. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Glide was founded in 2023 by Tushar Soni and Qinyu Tong, both of whom were part of the Robinhood Wallet team. Glide supports over 100 tokens across 30 blockchain networks, helping applications receive deposits from various tokens, wallets, exchanges, and payment sources. Upon completion of the acquisition, Glide's technology will be integrated into MoonPay Deposits, a product already used by applications such as Wallet in Telegram, Moonshot, and Paysafe. MoonPay stated that this transaction is part of its efforts to expand its digital asset infrastructure capabilities. This is the sixth acquisition announced by MoonPay in 2026, following previous acquisitions of Sodot, Decent, DFlow, Entendre, and Dawn Labs. Its investors include Thrive Capital, Paradigm, Valhalla Ventures, Tiger Global Management, and Coatue.
MoonPay Launches ChatGPT Application, Supports Direct Purchase of Cryptocurrencies like BTC and XRP
crypto payment company MoonPay has announced the launch of a dedicated application for ChatGPT. Users can now directly purchase crypto assets including Bitcoin, XRP, Solana, and USD Coin within OpenAI's ChatGPT.MoonPay stated that users only need to inquire about relevant cryptocurrencies and express a purchase intention within ChatGPT. The system will automatically generate a MoonPay checkout link, after which users can be redirected to the MoonPay page to complete KYC verification and wallet binding. Users who have already completed KYC can make purchases directly using their existing accounts and payment methods.Currently, MoonPay has joined several other crypto-related services within the ChatGPT application ecosystem, including Kraken, OKX, and others. Unlike other applications that primarily provide on-chain data queries, MoonPay focuses more on cryptocurrency purchasing and user education.Additionally, MoonPay recently acquired AI trading startup Dawn Labs, launched Dawn CLI which enables executing prediction market strategies through natural language, and introduced the MoonAgents Card supporting AI Agents to spend stablecoins, continuously intensifying its integration of AI and crypto payments. (Decrypt)
MoonPay Launches Cryptocurrency Purchase App on ChatGPT Apps
payment infrastructure company MoonPay has launched a dedicated application on ChatGPT Apps, allowing users to generate purchase links within OpenAI's chatbot for buying digital assets such as Bitcoin, XRP, Solana, and USDC. When users specify a purchase amount in ChatGPT, they receive a MoonPay checkout link and are redirected to the MoonPay website to complete KYC, checkout procedures, and connect their wallet. Users who have already completed KYC for their MoonPay account can log in directly via their existing account, use their most recent payment method, and send assets to a designated address. This application is part of MoonPay's push to advance AI-driven crypto tools. Earlier this month, MoonPay acquired AI trading startup Dawn Labs and launched Dawn CLI; the company also recently introduced the MoonAgents Card, a virtual Mastercard that allows AI agents to pay online merchants directly with stablecoins from crypto wallets. (Decrypt)
MoonPay Acquires Dawn Labs and Launches AI Trading Assistant Dawn CLI
According to Decrypt, MoonPay has announced the acquisition of AI trading startup Dawn Labs and officially launched its AI-native trading product, Dawn CLI. This platform enables users to build and execute automated trading strategies via natural language prompts—no development or quantitative trading expertise required. Initially, the product supports the prediction market platform Polymarket, with plans to expand to additional trading platforms and asset types. Dawn CLI employs a local, non-custodial wallet and auditable strategy code to mitigate potential risks associated with AI agents executing trades. This acquisition marks MoonPay’s latest move in building AI infrastructure, following its earlier launch of the stablecoin debit card MoonAgents Card for AI agents, an open-source wallet standard, and its acquisition of crypto key management firm Sodot.
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Pakistan Establishes Cryptocurrency Investigation Team to Combat Money Laundering Activities
According to Pakistani local media Dawn, the Pakistan Federal Investigation Agency has established a specialized department to combat cryptocurrency-related crimes, thereby strengthening law enforcement efforts against digital assets nationwide, targeting money laundering and terrorist financing activities conducted through virtual currencies.
MoonPay Acquires Glide, a Crypto Infrastructure Company Founded by Former Robinhood Wallet Engineers
: Fintech platform MoonPay has acquired crypto infrastructure startup Glide and will integrate its deposit and routing technology. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Glide was founded in 2023 by Tushar Soni and Qinyu Tong, both of whom were part of the Robinhood Wallet team. Glide supports over 100 tokens across 30 blockchain networks, helping applications receive deposits from various tokens, wallets, exchanges, and payment sources. Upon completion of the acquisition, Glide's technology will be integrated into MoonPay Deposits, a product already used by applications such as Wallet in Telegram, Moonshot, and Paysafe. MoonPay stated that this transaction is part of its efforts to expand its digital asset infrastructure capabilities. This is the sixth acquisition announced by MoonPay in 2026, following previous acquisitions of Sodot, Decent, DFlow, Entendre, and Dawn Labs. Its investors include Thrive Capital, Paradigm, Valhalla Ventures, Tiger Global Management, and Coatue.
Xiaodong Song, former founder of Oasis Labs, has joined Meta’s Super Intelligence Lab as Vice President of AI Research.
Dawn Song (Xiaodong Song), co-founder of Virtue AI and former founder of Oasis Labs, announced on X that she will join Meta’s Superintelligence Labs (MSL) as Vice President of AI Research. She will be joined by several members of the Virtue AI team. She stated that she will focus on advancing Meta’s work in AI safety and AI security, with an emphasis on enhancing the safety, trustworthiness, and usability of cutting-edge AI models and agent systems.
Former Oasis Labs Founder Joins Meta's Super Intelligence Lab as VP of AI Research
Odaily Odaily, Oasis Labs founder Dawn Song announced on the X platform that she is joining Meta's Super Intelligence Lab as Vice President of AI Research. Several members of the Virtue AI team will also be joining to advance safety and security for cutting-edge AI models and agent AI systems. It is reported that Dawn Song co-founded the AI safety startup Virtue AI in 2024. Additionally, Virtue AI co-founders Bo Li and Sanmi Koyejo will also join Meta's Super Intelligence Lab.Oasis Labs is a blockchain-based privacy cloud computing platform.
MoonPay Acquires AI Accounting Startup Entendre, Expands into Back-Office Financial Operations
: Crypto payment infrastructure company MoonPay has announced the acquisition of AI accounting startup Entendre, further expanding from a crypto on/off-ramp gateway into the enterprise back-office financial operations layer.Entendre primarily develops AI accounting agents to automate financial operations processes for high-frequency crypto and fintech companies, including tasks such as reconciliation, treasury management, month-end closing, and journal entries. MoonPay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright stated that if companies are to adopt stablecoins at scale, their financial operations also need to possess the same speed, contextual understanding, and automation capabilities as payments.This acquisition will immediately integrate the Entendre platform and team into MoonPay, with existing clients remaining unaffected. Entendre clients include Polygon Labs, Thirdweb, Brale, Babylon Labs, Ostium, Courtyard, and DoubleZero, among others.MoonPay has completed several acquisitions this year, including cross-chain routing and liquidity company Decent.xyz, Solana trading infrastructure provider DFlow, AI trading tool Dawn, and crypto key management company Sodot.
MoonPay Launches ChatGPT Application, Supports Direct Purchase of Cryptocurrencies like BTC and XRP
crypto payment company MoonPay has announced the launch of a dedicated application for ChatGPT. Users can now directly purchase crypto assets including Bitcoin, XRP, Solana, and USD Coin within OpenAI's ChatGPT.MoonPay stated that users only need to inquire about relevant cryptocurrencies and express a purchase intention within ChatGPT. The system will automatically generate a MoonPay checkout link, after which users can be redirected to the MoonPay page to complete KYC verification and wallet binding. Users who have already completed KYC can make purchases directly using their existing accounts and payment methods.Currently, MoonPay has joined several other crypto-related services within the ChatGPT application ecosystem, including Kraken, OKX, and others. Unlike other applications that primarily provide on-chain data queries, MoonPay focuses more on cryptocurrency purchasing and user education.Additionally, MoonPay recently acquired AI trading startup Dawn Labs, launched Dawn CLI which enables executing prediction market strategies through natural language, and introduced the MoonAgents Card supporting AI Agents to spend stablecoins, continuously intensifying its integration of AI and crypto payments. (Decrypt)