MoneyGram CEO Anthony Soohoo said in an interview with CoinDesk that the company’s blockchain strategy has moved beyond early experimentation and is now part of a broader push to modernize its global payments infrastructure. Soohoo said blockchain is most effective when customers do not even realize it is being used in the background. His comments frame the technology as underlying payment upgrades rather than a front-end feature for users. The CoinDesk report was written by Margaux Nijkerk and edited by Cheyenne Ligon, and was published on July 21, 2026.
MoneyGram CEO Anthony Soohoo said in an interview with CoinDesk that the company’s blockchain strategy has evolved from early experimentation into a broader effort to modernize its global payments infrastructure.
Blockchain kept in the background
Soohoo said blockchain works best when customers do not know it is there. In his framing, the technology is most useful when it operates behind the scenes as part of payment system upgrades rather than as something users are expected to engage with directly.
The report was published on July 21, 2026, by CoinDesk. It was written by Margaux Nijkerk and edited by Cheyenne Ligon.
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