Stripe is funding a brand new blockchain firm known as Tempo, co-founder CEO Patrick Collison introduced on Thursday. Tempo is aimed toward high-volume processing of stablecoins — cash that assist cut back crypto’s infamous volatility as a result of they’re pegged to a secure asset just like the U.S. greenback. That’s not shocking provided that Stripe acquired stablecoin firm Bridge.
What’s shocking is the eye-popping listing of firms Stripe has already enlisted: Anthropic, Coupang, Deutsche Financial institution, DoorDash, Lead Financial institution, Mercury, Nubank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, Normal Chartered, and Visa. So if the blockchain works properly, these design companions ought to be queued up to make use of or provide it for all the things from agentic funds to remittances.
Plus, Stripe board member Matt Huang, co-founder of one of the crucial prestigious crypto VC corporations, Paradigm, has signed on to steer Tempo. Paradigm has additionally invested. Collison says Tempo can be run as an impartial firm.
