TEMPO: A PAYMENTS CHAIN FROM STRIPE AND PARADIGM

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

Stripe and Paradigm have announced Tempo, a new payments-first blockchain specifically designed for stablecoins and real-world payments infrastructure that features major enterprise design partners, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Shopify, Visa, and Deutsche Bank. The blockchain offers 100,000+ TPS throughput with sub-second finality, EVM compatibility, and native support for payments and gas fees in any stablecoin through an enshrined AMM, along with payments-optimized UX features like dedicated payment lanes and memos. Tempo aims to bring traditional payment use cases onchain, including global payouts, payroll, remittances, and microtransactions, while maintaining principles of decentralization and stablecoin neutrality through an independent validator network.