• S&P Global agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin, a blockchain and smart-contract security firm focused on onchain finance.
• Deal targets expanded digital-asset risk assessment, onchain security benchmarks, and intelligence for capital markets shifting onchain.
• OpenZeppelin Contracts underpin more than USD 37 trillion in value transferred across stablecoins, tokenized funds, and DeFi.
• OpenZeppelin has completed more than 900 security engagements; it will operate as a separate business unit led by CEO Demian Brener.
• Financial terms were not disclosed; the transaction is not expected to be material to S&P Global’s financial results.

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