Ripple Rival Stellar Adds Payments Giant MoneyGram as Validator
Payments giant MoneyGram has joined the Stellar network as a Tier 1 validator.
Payments giant MoneyGram has joined the Stellar network as a Tier 1 validator.

Moneygram has deployed an active Solana validator node and joined the Solana Developer Platform. Rather than an immediate integration with its retail remittance engine, this serves as an infrastructure staging ground to master public-node challenges before exposing its core settlement ledger. Moneygram’s Strategic Infrastructure Staging Ground Global remittance giants have traditionally operated as consumers of […]

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MoneyGram has been quietly building on blockchain for over five years. Now, with its own stablecoin (MGUSD), a Kraken partnership, a validator seat on the Tempo network, and $2B+ in stablecoin settlements already running — the pace is accelerating.

MoneyGram has joined Solana as a validator, deepening its move from blockchain payment user to active infrastructure participant on one of crypto’s largest

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MoneyGram has launched an active validator node on Solana and joined its institutional developer platform, making Solana the payments giant’s third blockchain validator commitment alongside Tempo and Midnight. The move deepens a blockchain infrastructure push that began with Stellar remittances in
The payments giant has become an active Solana validator, adding protocol-level participation to its growing stablecoin and blockchain strategy.

MoneyGram's move to validate on Solana signals a shift towards public blockchain infrastructure, highlighting its growing role in global payments.

Moneygram has joined Solana’s proof-of- stake network as an active validator, staking SOL and processing transaction blocks on one of the highest-throughput blockchains in operation today. Moneygram Enters Solana’s Validator Set The Dallas-based global payments company announced the move on Monday, marking its first direct participation at the protocol level of any public blockchain network. […]

MoneyGram has joined the Solana ecosystem as a network validator and participant in the Solana Developer Platform, expanding the payments company’s blockchain infrastructure strategy beyond stablecoins and payment services. According to a June 22 announcement from MoneyGram, it now operates…


Solana is now the third blockchain where MoneyGram operates an official validator, alongside Tempo and the Midnight Network.

The remittance giant is staking SOL and processing transaction blocks as stablecoin adoption accelerates across the global remittance industry.

Western Union has made its USDPT stablecoin available on Bybit's fiat channels in Latin America, making Bybit the first major crypto exchange to integrate USDPT — arriving two days after MoneyGram launched its own rival dollar token on Stellar.