A blockchain built for payments
Tempo is a payments-first Layer 1 blockchain for stablecoin payments at scale, incubated by Stripe and Paradigm.
Overview
Purpose-built for stablecoins
Stablecoins enable instant, borderless, programmable transactions, but most blockchain infrastructure isn't designed for them. Tempo is built to move stablecoins across borders, between businesses, and between machines with the speed, cost, and reliability that real-world payments demand.
Tempo is incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, combining deep experience in global payments with leading crypto and blockchain engineering. The result is infrastructure purpose-built for stablecoins rather than retrofitted from a general-purpose chain.
- Network
- Payments-first Layer 1 blockchain
- Focus
- Stablecoin payments: cross-border transfers, global payouts, embedded finance, and machine-to-machine payments
- Incubated by
- Stripe and Paradigm
- Designed with
- Category-defining fintechs, banks, and commerce platforms serving billions worldwide
- Settlement
- Blocks finalize in about 0.6 seconds, with no re-orgs
- Fees
- Paid in USD stablecoins, with no volatile gas token
Use cases
Designed for real-world use cases at scale
Cross-border payments
Move money between countries and currencies with the speed and finality of an onchain settlement layer.
Global payouts
Pay contractors, sellers, and partners anywhere with stablecoins instead of slow, fragmented banking rails.
Agentic and machine payments
Give software agents and automated systems a native way to transact using stablecoins.
Embedded finance
Build stablecoin balances, transfers, and payouts directly into products and platforms.
Institutional settlement
Settle high-value flows between financial institutions with programmable, always-on infrastructure.
Designed with global payment leaders
Tempo was shaped with input from category-defining fintechs, banks, and commerce platforms serving billions worldwide.
Explore Tempo
Stablecoin payment solutions
Cross-border payments, global payouts, embedded finance, and agentic payments built on Tempo.
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Payments infrastructure partners
The wallets, on and off ramps, custodians, and infrastructure providers building on Tempo.
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Who builds on Tempo
How companies like DoorDash, OnePay, and MoneyGram use Tempo to move money.
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Tempo documentation
Technical documentation for integrating with Tempo's payment infrastructure.
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News and updates
Product announcements, ecosystem launches, and research from the Tempo team.
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Talk to the team
Get in touch about payments use cases, partnerships, and stablecoin advisory.
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Build on Tempo
Tempo provides the infrastructure, ecosystem, and tooling to bring stablecoin payments into production. Start with the docs, or talk to the team about your use case.