# Figment

*Institutional staking and validator operations.*

Figment acts as an infrastructure partner within the Tempo ecosystem, specializing in managed validator operations. Through its white-label services, chosen institutions can participate as permissioned validators, earning stablecoin transaction fees without the need to manage their own node hardware or hold native tokens.

## At a glance

- **Type:** infrastructure
- **Category:** validators
- **Status:** active
- **Website:** https://figment.io

## Key facts

- **Tempo Ecosystem Role:** Infrastructure partner providing managed validator operations. _(confidence 95%)_
- **Validator Reward Model:** Validators earn rewards entirely from transaction fees paid in stablecoins. _(confidence 60%)_
- **Token Economics:** Tempo has no native token and no staking requirements for validators. _(confidence 98%)_
- **Operating Strategy:** Provides a white-label, managed infrastructure service allowing institutions to run validator nodes without technical operations overhead. _(confidence 95%)_
- **Network Access:** Validator participation on the Tempo network is permissioned. _(confidence 98%)_

## Related entities

- [Tempo](https://tempo.dataos.so/entity/tempo) — validator of

## Sources

1. [https://www.figment.io/staking/protocols/tempo/](https://www.figment.io/staking/protocols/tempo/)
2. [https://tempo.xyz/docs/validators](https://tempo.xyz/docs/validators)

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Last reviewed: 7 Jun 2025  
Canonical: https://tempo.dataos.so/entity/figment  
Source: tempowiki (https://tempo.dataos.so) — an independent, sourced reference for the Tempo ecosystem. Not affiliated with Tempo, Stripe, or Paradigm.