MoonPay launches Guest Checkout and Express Checkout features to reduce friction in crypto onboarding.
Tech & Launches ·
MoonPay has launched Guest Checkout and Express Checkout features designed to streamline the process of purchasing cryptocurrency. These additions form part of the company's broader effort to lower barriers to entry for new users entering the crypto ecosystem.
The new checkout options build on MoonPay's existing infrastructure as a fiat onramp provider operating across 200+ blockchain networks. The company, founded in 2019, originally developed as an embeddable payment widget enabling wallets and exchanges to accept card and bank transfers without building payment infrastructure independently. Its aggregator model routes transactions through a network of bank partners and local payment methods to optimize approval rates and costs.
The specifics of how Guest Checkout and Express Checkout function—including which verification steps they bypass, integration mechanics, or rollout timeline—remain unclear from available information. The features represent an incremental refinement to MoonPay's onboarding flow rather than a fundamental architectural shift, though the reduction in friction they aim to achieve speaks to ongoing competition in the fiat-to-crypto conversion space.