Tempo

Tempo is a Layer 1 blockchain built for stablecoin financial products, including cross-border payments, stablecoin accounts, institutional settlement and agentic (machine) payments. The website also lists Earn, which offers up to 7% APY on stablecoins, MPP, a protocol for machine payments, and Mercator, a discovery layer for agentic workflows. Network fees are paid in USD stablecoins.

Customers named on the website include DoorDash, Deel, Stripe, Meow and Felix, and it cites banks, card networks, wallets, custodians and commerce platforms as users. The site offers developer documentation and an API platform, and enterprise teams can talk to its sales team; pricing terms are not described in the input.

Tempo is incubated by Stripe and Paradigm and was founded in 2025. The website reports $36+ billion in annualized stablecoin payment volume on Tempo and 95 currencies available through on- and offramps. The company lists offices in New York and San Francisco, and its 13 open roles cover blockchain product engineering, Rust, security, enterprise go-to-market, technical account management, partnerships, and public policy in Washington D.C.

Product: Tempo blockchain with stablecoin payments, stablecoin accounts, institutional settlement, Earn, MPP and Mercator agentic tools.