Once stodgy, Western Union leverages stablecoins to expand payments offerings

TheStreet Pro's contributor decodes the iconic company's place in the 21st Century.

Sep 16, 2025 - 08:30
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Once stodgy, Western Union leverages stablecoins to expand payments offerings

It started with four simple words: "What hath God wrought?"

The question, a biblical quote from the Book of Numbers, was on May 24, 1844, the first official Morse Code message transmitted in the U.S., to open the Baltimore–Washington telegraph line, marking the dawn of a new technological age.

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