Tempo, in depth
Sourced analysis of Tempo — the payments-first L1 from Stripe and Paradigm: stablecoin gas, the Machine Payments Protocol, consensus, validators, and what it means for the wider market.
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- Stablecoins
The dollar-pegged tokens that move value on-chain — how they work, who issues them, and where they break.
- Payments
Settlement, finality, and cost — the mechanics of moving a dollar from A to B, old rails and new.
- Cross-border
Remittances, FX, and global payouts — the friction in international money, and what removes it.
- Regulation
The law catching up to dollars on-chain — reserves, licensing, and the CBDC question.
- Chains compared
Not all chains move money the same way — fees, finality, and throughput, side by side.
- Infrastructure
Issuers, custody, ramps, and wallets — the unglamorous layer that makes stablecoins usable.
- Use cases
Payroll, treasury, B2B, machine payments — stablecoins where they earn their keep.