ME News News, December 19, (UTC+8), informed sources revealed that the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange Group (ICE), is in talks to participate in a funding round for cryptocurrency payment company MoonPay Inc. MoonPay is about to complete this financing, with a target valuation of approximately $5 billion. ICE did not immediately comment on the related negotiations, and MoonPay also declined to comment. MoonPay was founded in 2019, and its software helps users more conveniently convert between fiat currency and cryptocurrency. At the end of 2021, as the cryptocurrency bull market approached its peak, the company’s previous funding round valued it at $3.4 billion. (Source: ME)