MoonPay Acquires Dawn Labs, Launches Dawn CLI

MoonPay, a cryptocurrency payments firm, has acquired AI trading startup Dawn Labs and launched Dawn CLI, a command-line tool that converts natural language prompts into executable strategies for prediction markets.

The product debuted with integration into Polymarket, a leading onchain platform where users wager on outcomes tied to elections, sports, economic data and global events. Dawn CLI allows traders, including those without coding expertise, to describe strategies in plain English, such as market views or event-based trades. The system then generates structured logic for live execution, streamlining workflows from idea to order placement.

MoonPay described the tool in its announcement as designed to empower users to formulate and implement trading strategies using natural language commands, turning freeform prompts into structured, executable logic. Dawn Labs cofounder Pranav Prasad stated, We are focusing on prediction markets because they represent one of the growing sectors that needs automation.

The acquisition advances MoonPay's expansion beyond payments and wallets into trading infrastructure. The company has built a stack centered on funding, trading, tokenization...