š STRIPE AND PARADIGM ANNOUNCE TEMPO BLOCKCHAIN š
Stripe and Paradigm have jointly unveiled Tempo, a new Layer-1 blockchain engineered specifically for high-speed, low-cost stablecoin payments at global scale. Announced September 4, 2025, Tempo is designed as a payments-first networkāsupporting 100,000+ transactions per second (TPS), sub-second finality, stablecoin-denominated fees, and enterprise-grade compliance.
š Key Drivers Behind Tempo Blockchain
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Purpose-Built for Payments: Tempo is incubated as an independent company by Stripe and Paradigm, targeting the global mainstreaming of stablecoin-based payouts, payroll, remittances, microtransactions, and tokenized deposits.
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Major Design Partners: Leading firms including Visa, Deutsche Bank, OpenAI, Shopify, Revolut, and Nubank are among the ecosystemās founding design partners, piloting integrations and driving real-world use cases.
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Stablecoin Focus & Features: Transactions and gas fees are paid in major stablecoins rather than a native token, removing volatility for end-users. Key innovations include:
- Predictable, ultra-low fees
- Opt-in privacy for enhanced compliance
- Payments/gas in any supported stablecoin via a native AMM
- Batch transfers, payment memos, access management
- EVM-compatibility for developer access and third-party apps.
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Scale and Infrastructure: Built on Reth (an Ethereum execution client), Tempo scales to 100K+ TPS with sub-second block times, targeting use cases that require much higher throughput than Ethereum, Solana, or Base can provide for Stripeās real-world merchant base.
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Strategic Expansion: Tempo will act as the dedicated settlement and ledger layer beneath Stripeās crypto stack, integrating with Bridge (stablecoin issuance/liquidity API) and Privy (wallet/key management solution). This expands on Stripeās 2025 stablecoin financial accounts rollout and crypto payments for US merchants.
š” Why It Matters
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First Enterprise Payments Blockchain: Rather than targeting DeFi trading, Tempo is engineered for enterprises, compliance, and cross-border settlementsābridging web2 global commerce with blockchain rails.
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Competitive Edge: Launching with high-profile design partners and proven crypto and fintech leaders, Stripe and Paradigmās Tempo could reshape the payments ecosystem, set new standards for stablecoin utility, and drive mainstream adoption at the infrastructure level.
šØ Bottom Line
Tempo is Stripe and Paradigmās vision of a web-scale, low-latency payments blockchaināpurpose-built for businesses, fintechs, and global institutions to move money and value on-chain, leveraging stablecoins for real-world commerce.
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