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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the New York Stock Exchange, is in talks to invest in crypto payments firm MoonPay.

North Korean hackers stole $2 billion in cryptocurrency in 2025, a 51% jump from last year and the most ever recorded, according to Chainalysis. 

Intuit has partnered with Circle to embed the USDC stablecoin across its financial platforms, including TurboTax, QuickBooks and Credit Karma.

Top stories in the Crypto Roundup today:

• NYSE Owner ICE in Talks to Invest in MoonPay at $5B Valuation
• North Korean Hackers Stole $2B in Crypto in 2025, Marking Record Year: Chainalysis
• Intuit to Embed Circle’s USDC Stablecoin Across TurboTax, QuickBooks Platforms

NYSE Owner ICE in Talks to Invest in MoonPay at $5B Valuation, Sources Say

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the New York Stock Exchange, is in talks to invest in crypto payments firm MoonPay.

The deal is part of a funding round that would value MoonPay at about $5 billion.

MoonPay, based in New York, builds software that helps users move between crypto and traditional currencies. It expanded aggressively in 2025, acquiring startups and launching a stablecoin after new U.S. regulation cleared the way for wider adoption.

This would mark ICE’s second major crypto move this year. In October, the exchange operator committed up to $2 billion to Polymarket, a blockchain-powered prediction platform.

MoonPay’s last valuation was $3.4 billion in 2021. The company also hired CFTC acting chair Caroline Pham this week as chief legal officer.

Crypto and blockchain startups have raised nearly $19 billion in 2025, the most since 2022, according to PitchBook.

North Korean Hackers Stole $2B in Crypto in 2025, Marking Record Year: Chainalysis

North Korean hackers stole $2 billion in cryptocurrency in 2025, a 51% jump from last year and the most ever recorded, according to Chainalysis. 

The thefts were driven by a few large-scale attacks, including a $1.4 billion breach at Bybit in March.

DPRK-linked groups were behind 76% of hacks targeting centralized crypto services. Rather than targeting many small wallets, they focused on fewer, high-value targets.

Chainalysis says the stolen funds were laundered using Chinese-language brokers, mixing services and blockchain bridges. Most transactions were kept under $500,000 to avoid detection.

The report also highlights North Korea’s growing use of AI to automate laundering, often moving funds through multiple services in under 45 days.

Smaller wallet hacks increased in number but dropped in value, reflecting a divide in attack strategies—mass low-value thefts on one end and rare, high-impact breaches on the other. North Korea is leading the latter.

Intuit to Embed Circle’s USDC Stablecoin Across TurboTax, QuickBooks Platforms

Intuit has partnered with Circle to embed the USDC stablecoin across its financial platforms, including TurboTax, QuickBooks and Credit Karma.

The multi-year deal will enable faster and lower-cost payments, supporting use cases like tax refunds, business transactions and digital marketing. Intuit said this is a platform-wide strategy, not a limited product update.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire called the move an expansion of USDC’s utility in “everyday financial transactions.” USDC is the second-largest stablecoin by market cap, currently over $77 billion.

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