Stripe has continued its push into blockchain tech with the announcement of Tempo, a layer-1 blockchain platform focused on high-performance payments. Designed in partnership with Paradigm, a venture capital firm, Tempo seeks to empower developers with powerful infrastructure for stablecoin transactions. The platform is designed with Ethereum’s Solidity language in mind, making it easy and efficient to integrate and develop.
Tempo is a big step by Stripe to build their own vertically integrated stablecoin infrastructure. Earlier in 2025, Stripe acquired Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure firm, and crypto wallet developer Privy. These acquisitions, along with the launch of Tempo, highlight Stripe’s ambitions to build an all-inclusive ecosystem for digital payments.
With the experience of his time as the co-founder of Paradigm and now CEO of Tempo, we expect great things. Huang, who serves on Stripe’s board, is uniquely positioned to guide Tempo’s development and strategic alignment with Stripe’s broader objectives.
As a layer-1 blockchain, Tempo will be sovereign, instead of being developed over an already-existing blockchain. This design decision provides much better control over performance and scale, which is critical to processing millions of payment transactions. The ability to develop smart contracts in Ethereum’s robust Solidity language guarantees that developers' experience on Ethereum will have a simple path to building on Tempo.
Stripe’s increased focus on blockchain tech Stripe’s been vocal about their interest in blockchain technology for a while now, especially as regulatory environments in the U.S. get clearer. As Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, who recently testified before Congress, observed in March, the technology behind stablecoins has matured. This testimony serves as an indicator of Stripe’s interest and faith in the future potential of stablecoins to improve payment rails.
Tempo’s creation serves as an example for Stripe’s crypto vision of a self-sustaining stablecoin infrastructure. Strategic acquisitions of Bridge and Privy continue to boost this competitive advantage. Central to Stripe’s strategy is that it controls every layer of the payment stack. This terrible strategy helps them produce faster, cheaper, and less compliant digital payment options.
If they are, Tempo could change the rules of the game for multi-currency, cross-border payments. By leveraging blockchain technology, Stripe hopes to provide a more efficient and accessible payment system for businesses and consumers worldwide. The project fits with Stripe’s larger mission to grow the economic opportunity of the internet.
