S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) has entered into an agreement to acquire OpenZeppelin, the security firm whose smart contract library underpins much of onchain finance, the ratings and data company announced in a September 17 press release. The transaction pairs one of the world’s largest financial data and ratings businesses with a firm whose OpenZeppelin Contracts library has supported more than $37 trillion in value transferred, positioning S&P Global to deliver onchain security assessments and benchmarks as capital markets move onchain.