Tempo: The Blockchain Designed for Payments

Tempo is a blockchain built for stablecoin financial products, according to its promotional page. The page cites $36+ billion in annualized stablecoin payment volume and $700+ million in stablecoin and tokenized asset value on Tempo, and says it is Stripe's default blockchain for new features. It describes earning up to 7% APY on stablecoins through strategies built on US Treasuries, private credit and collateralized lending. It also lists MPP, a machine payments protocol for AI agents, and Mercator, a discovery layer for agentic workflows.