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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

PayPal Crypto Head Says Banks Are Needed to Unlock Full Stablecoin Potential

At Consensus 2025, leaders from PayPal and MoneyGram pointed to regulation, real-world utility and trust as keys to stablecoin growth.

Jose Fernandez da Ponte, senior vice president of digital currencies at PayPal, speaks at Consensus 2025.

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MoneyGram Announces Its Latest: MoneyGram Wallet

MoneyGram Chairman and CEO Alex Holmes discusses what future integration between fiat and crypto would like. Plus, the latest on how users can request funds (USDC) with other MoneyGram Wallet Users.

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[SPONSORED CONTENT] CEO of MoneyGram, Alex Holmes shares a big announcement at Meridian 2023

Alex Holmes, Chairman and CEO of MoneyGram, discusses the newly announced launch of their non-custodial wallet on the Stellar network. Holmes shares how the brand has evolved from focusing solely on cash-to-cash payments to now cash-to-crypto and the necessary evolution of finance and innovation. He also touches on how crypto plays a roll in MoneyGram's future.

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Crypto Payments Specialist Stellar Bridges Fiat and Stablecoins to Polkadot

The Spacewalk bridge built by recent parachain winner Pendulum is focused on connecting DeFi to forex markets.

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Litecoin Mining Difficulty Is Hitting New Highs, Foundation Says

The network’s mining difficulty peaked on Friday, indicating increased competition for miner rewards.

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MoneyGram Debuts Crypto Purchases on Mobile App

Purchases will be enabled through MoneyGram's existing partnership with crypto exchange Coinme.

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MoneyGram Takes 4% Stake in Coinme, Building on Existing Partnership

Cash transfer company MoneyGram International (MGI) has made a strategic minority investment in crypto-cash exchange firm Coinme, giving it a 4% ownership stake. Last May, MoneyGram allowed bitcoin buying and selling for cash at 12,000 U.S. retail locations through a partnership with Coinme. MoneyGram CEO Alexander Holmes and Coinme CEO Neil Bergquist share insights into the deal and what this means for their business operations, international expansion, and global crypto adoption.

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MoneyGram Takes 4% Stake in Coinme, Building on Existing Partnership

MoneyGram’s strategic investment will help the crypto cash exchange company to expand globally and in other areas.

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MoneyGram Partners With Stellar and USDC for Blockchain-Based Payments

The firms will begin a pilot this year followed by a gradual rollout in early 2022.

MoneyGram money transfer kiosk in a retail setting, San Ramon, California, March 26, 2019. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

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Report: Stellar Foundation Eyes Potential Acquisition of MoneyGram

The Stellar Development Foundation, part of the Stellar Network that issues the Stellar Lumens (XLM) token, has reportedly expressed interest in acquiring remittance provider MoneyGram.

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