Show Notes
Presented by Stablecon; Powered by BVNK. In this episode of Money Code, hosts Chuk Okpalugo and Raj Parekh sit down with Anthony Soohoo, Chairman and CEO of MoneyGram, who joined the company to refound its 85-year-old network for the stablecoin and AI era. They unpack how MoneyGram's network of 500,000 retail locations across 200 countries is becoming an API layer for stablecoins, why "cash is our inventory" reframes treasury for the blockchain era, and why building this kind of regulated footprint takes "three or four decades" to map the world.
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Chapters 00:00 Refounding MoneyGram: thinking like a founder at 85 05:30 "Stablecoin is the killer app for crypto" 09:18 500,000 retail locations: Starbucks, McDonald's, Subway combined 14:19 Cash is our inventory: turning T+N settlement into 24/7 18:57 The switchboard in the middle: stablecoin as another currency 21:29 Programmable money needs a programmable network 23:10 The Kraken off-ramp: stablecoins to cash in 100 countries 26:10 Why easier off-ramps make stablecoins worth more 30:33 The licensing moat: three or four decades to map the world 33:35 "You can't Claude code 500,000 retail locations" 39:50 AI magnifies dysfunction: fix the org first 45:30 From closed to open: what MoneyGram does next 47:50 Where to find Anthony and MoneyGram
Connect with the Hosts & Guest Chuk Okpalugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuk-okpalugo/ | https://x.com/chuk_xyz/ | http://stablecoinblueprint.com Raj Parekh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajparekh7/ | https://x.com/rajparekh | http://monad.xyz Anthony Soohoo: https://x.com/anthonysoohoo | https://x.com/MoneyGram | https://www.moneygram.com | https://www.moneygram.com/us/en/ramps
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