TL;DR:
- MoneyGram joined the Solana Developer Platform as an infrastructure partner and became an active validator on the Solana network.
- The company will operate as a validator to process transactions and contribute to the security of Solana’s proof-of-stake network.
- The integration is anchored by the launch of its MGUSD stablecoin on Stellar and its role as a validator on the Tempo blockchain.
MoneyGram announced its incorporation into the Solana network as an active validator. It also joined the Solana Developer Platform (SDP) as an infrastructure partner. By operating a validator node, the remittance firm contributes to the transaction processing and security of Solana’s proof-of-stake mechanism. The firm carries more than five years of deliberate investment in blockchain infrastructure.
SDP is a platform aimed at financial institutions and enterprises seeking to design, build and scale financial products on Solana. It features an API-based architecture that abstracts the technical complexity of the protocol. MoneyGram joins alongside other globally influential players such as Mastercard, Worldpay and Western Union, which already operate within the same initiative.
Five years of integrating blockchain into how we move money. Today, we go deeper.
MoneyGram 🤝 @Solana
MoneyGram is now an active validator on Solana and has joined Solana Developer Platform. pic.twitter.com/7fvAIOE5OT
— MoneyGram (@MoneyGram) June 22, 2026
MoneyGram’s Contributions
CEO Anthony Soohoo stated: “We believe the future of global money movement will be built on open, interoperable stablecoin rails that anyone, anywhere can access.” Soohoo added that MoneyGram will bring regulatory compliance, regulatory clarity and operational scale to that equation.
60 Million Customers Within Reach
Weeks earlier, MoneyGram had launched its own stablecoin, MGUSD, on the Stellar blockchain, through a partnership with Bridge, the firm acquired by Stripe. The company also recently took on the role of anchor validator on Tempo, a blockchain focused on the payments market. The pattern is more than clear: the firm is strengthening its presence across multiple networks rather than betting on a single chain.
Catherine Gu, head of digital asset product at Solana Foundation, highlighted that the firm serves more than 60 million active customers through nearly half a million physical points of sale and billions of digital endpoints, a network built over 85 years of operations. According to Gu, SDP is designed precisely to extend that reach into the blockchain in a seamless and scalable way.
