We’re thrilled to share that MoonPay has been named the winner of the 2026 Chainalysis Innovation Award, an honor that highlights outstanding creativity and forward-thinking use of Chainalysis solutions to push the boundaries of compliance and investigations.
Presented as part of the second annual Chainalysis Customer Awards at the Links Conference in New York City, the program celebrates exceptional innovation, impact, and collaboration across Chainalysis’s global customer base.
This award reflects our compliance-first culture, where regulatory adherence is built into our products from the ground up. By embedding compliance early in the development process, we define regulatory requirements upfront, reducing friction and enabling faster, more confident launches.
At MoonPay, compliance isn’t about slowing innovation, it’s about enabling it. Through close collaboration across product, legal, and risk teams, we balance strategic risk with responsible oversight, ensuring every product we bring to market is both innovative and secure. We’ve prioritized compliance and trust as core pillars of growth, not afterthoughts, so we can serve as a trusted partner.
“Compliance isn’t a cost center at MoonPay; it’s a growth engine.” - Brian Higdon, Sr. Director of Financial Crime Compliance and Technology
Nominations were evaluated by an internal judging panel, with three organizations ultimately recognized across categories highlighting innovation, measurable impact, and successful public-private collaboration.
Learn more about our compliance philosophy here.