The Stellar Development Foundation, a Delaware nonprofit corporation that supports the development of the Stellar protocol, has scored a partnership with Dallas-based money transfer company MoneyGram.
USD Coin, the second-largest stablecoin that launched on the Stellar blockchain in early February, will be used as a bridge currency for facilitating fast payments.
United Texas Bank will be responsible for settling transactions, ensuring instantaneous conversion of the USD stablecoin into fiat currencies (and vice versa).
The pilot phase of the project will kick off in the fourth quarter of this year. It’s not clear when the service will become available worldwide.
Stellar Lumens (XLM) has rallied more than 15% on the news.
Alex DovbnyaThe tie-up was then terminated this March after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that XRP is an unregistered security in its blockbuster lawsuit.
Stellar, a rival blockchain created by Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb, has now taken Ripple’s spot.
SDF CEO Denelle Dixon, however, told Forbes that the partnership is focused on the front-end experience, which is why it’s not a mere alternative to on-demand liquidity (ODL):
This, I think, is actually even more exciting because it brings the frontend consumer side to it.
As reported by U.Today, the SDF and private equity firm Advent International were also rumored to acquire MoneyGram back in July.
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