TL;DR:
Tempo, the payments-focused blockchain backed by processing company Stripe and venture capital firm Paradigm, launched a stablecoin advisory unit designed to guide companies and financial institutions in adopting this type of asset. The initiative includes support to identify relevant use cases and the assignment of engineers who work in an integrated manner with each client’s teams to carry out technical implementations.
The project has been gaining traction within the crypto industry since mid-2025, when Fortune revealed its existence. After announcing a funding round of $500 million that valued the company at $5 billion, Tempo formally began operations in March 2026. The core proposition is that companies will adopt stablecoins for their payment flows if they have the right technical knowledge and proper guidance.
Circle’s public listing and the strong interest from companies like Meta, X and Google in stablecoin payments reflect a far-reaching shift in the corporate world toward blockchain infrastructure. Tempo aims to position itself as a central piece in that process. Among its most significant initiatives is an agreement with DoorDash to allow its delivery workers to receive payments in stablecoins.
Its partner ecosystem already includes Stripe, Coastal Community Bank and financial services platform ARQ in infrastructure development, while Visa, OnePay, Felix, Fifth Third Bank and Howard Hughes Holdings are incorporating payment operations into the network. The advisory unit will be made up of a small group of specialists within the company, though supported by the team’s experience, according to a source familiar with Tempo’s internal operations.
This strategy of designing products for external partners follows the model Tempo already applied with its “design partners” during the development of the blockchain itself, among which OpenAI, Shopify and Visa were included. The network’s growth and the nature of its alliances make clear that established corporate players — from Robinhood to Stripe — are advancing into a space that has historically been the territory of independent actors and critics of the traditional financial system.
