Tempo.xyz – MarkMonitor customer – (United States)
Blockchain developers use .xyz domains to build platforms designed for the future of finance. Financial infrastructure platform Velocity.xyz bridges traditional finance and digital assets through stablecoin payments. Bitcoin mining initiative Proto.xyz develops modular hardware and open-source management software. Stablecoin platform Ubyx.xyz aims to standardize redemption and expand adoption across traditional finance. In this week’s #BlockchainThursday, we’ll introduce you to a project focused on building a stablecoin infrastructure blockchain for global payments: Tempo.xyz.
Tempo.xyz is the online home of Tempo, a payments-focused layer 1 blockchain incubated by global payments technology company Stripe and Paradigm.xyz, a crypto-focused investment firm. Announced in September 2025, Tempo is purpose-built for stablecoins and real-world payments. According to its launch announcement, the blockchain is designed to support a broad range of payment use cases, including global payouts, payroll, remittances, microtransactions, and agentic payments—transactions conducted autonomously by AI agents. Unlike many blockchains that launch with their own native tokens, Tempo accepts stablecoins as payment for transaction fees.
Tempo introduces design features intended to address the needs of high-volume payment flows. The blockchain offers predictable low fees, sub-second transaction finality, and throughput exceeding 100,000 transactions per second. It is EVM-compatible and built on Reth, which helps developers build using familiar tools. Tempo incorporates opt-in privacy features, stablecoin neutrality, and a built-in automated market maker for stablecoin payments. According to the project’s website, Tempo was created to fill a gap in existing blockchain infrastructure, which has often been designed for general-purpose or trading-focused applications rather than payments. Initial design partners include organizations from finance, ecommerce, and technology such as Anthropic, Deutsche Bank, DoorDash, Nubank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, Standard Chartered, and Visa.
Tempo is led by Matt Huang, co-founder and managing partner of Paradigm.xyz, who also serves as a board member at Stripe. In a September 4, 2025 article on Fortune Crypto, it was reported that Matt Huang will continue his role at Paradigm.xyz while directing the development of Tempo, supported by an initial team of about 15 employees. The project is also being shaped through collaboration with independent validator partners and design contributors across banking, fintech, and commerce sectors.1
Tempo makes its online home at Tempo.xyz, aligning the project with a growing number of innovators building in blockchain, AI, and emerging technologies on .xyz domains. .XYZ offers Tempo a short and memorable digital identity, consistent with other forward-looking projects in the web3 ecosystem. You can learn more by following the project on X/Twitter and LinkedIn @tempoxyz, and by visiting Tempo.xyz.
1.https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/09/04/stripe-paradigm-tempo-blockchain-stablecoins-matt-huang-payments/XYZ is proud to share about the many incredible members that make up the XYZ community! We encourage you to do your own research before using the products and services of the websites we feature. The information about products and services contained in this blog post does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by XYZ.
