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MoonPay buys Rhythm, its ninth deal in two years
A trading signals startup got acquired eight months after it started building, and it fits a pattern MoonPay has been running since January 2025.
In brief
A trading signals startup got acquired eight months after it started building, and it fits a pattern MoonPay has been running since January 2025. MoonPay is assembling a full crypto stack by buying the pieces, and Rhythm adds the part that tells users what to trade. Originally reported by Pymnts.
MoonPay acquires Rhythm
MoonPay bought Rhythm, an on-chain trading signals platform. All three co-founders, Joseph Murphy, James Miller and Lincoln Barnett III, joined MoonPay along with the technology.
Eight months to exit
Co-founder James Miller posted on LinkedIn that the deal closed last July, less than a year after the team started building.
“after just 8 months of building, Rhythm was acquired by MoonPay”
What Rhythm actually does
The platform helps users discover tokens, track markets, execute trades and manage risk in one place, instead of switching between several apps.
MoonPay funded it first
Rhythm was the first company MoonPay Labs invested in, back in 2025. The acquisition turns that early bet into an in-house product.
“Rhythm is one of the most complete answers we've seen to that challenge”
Plugged into the ramp
Rhythm already integrates with MoonPay's Top Up widget, so a user can move fiat in and start trading without leaving the flow.
A buying spree, not a one-off
This is MoonPay's ninth acquisition since January 2025, after Helio, Iron, Meso, Sodot, DFlow, Dawn Labs, Entendre and Glide. Each one adds a layer: payments, stablecoins, custody, AI, trading rails.
Here's the gist
MoonPay is assembling a full crypto stack by buying the pieces, and Rhythm adds the part that tells users what to trade.
