Stripe is backing a new blockchain company called Tempo, co-founder and CEO Patrick Collison announced Thursday. Tempo is designed for high-volume stablecoin transactions, building on Stripe’s earlier acquisition of Bridge, according to TechCrunch. Stripe has already lined up an extensive list of design partners, including Anthropic, Deutsche Bank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, and Visa. Stripe board member and Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang will lead Tempo, while Collison confirmed Tempo will operate independently. If successful, the platform could support uses ranging from agentic payments to global remittances.
