Stripe (Tempo)

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72/100

[CAUTIONARY]60% conf.[Provisional]

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last updated 2026-10-13

Summary

This page covers Stripe's stablecoin and blockchain activity: co-incubating the Tempo Layer 1 with Paradigm, acting as a Tempo validator, co-authoring the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), and owning stablecoin infrastructure provider Bridge. Tempo's homepage quotes Stripe CEO Patrick Collison saying Tempo is Stripe's default blockchain for new features. No enforcement action against these crypto activities was found in the sources reviewed; the main risk themes are centralization of a permissioned validator set, early-stage protocol and regulatory-approval risk, and the limits of the sources available.

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Timeline(7 events)

October 2024

Stripe announces $1.1 billion deal to acquire stablecoin platform Bridge.

February 2025

Bridge acquisition reported as closed.

October 2025

Tempo reportedly raises $500 million Series A at about $5 billion valuation.

9 December 2025

Tempo launches public testnet.

February 2026

OCC grants Bridge conditional approval for a national trust bank charter; American Banker article dated 19 Feb 2026.

American Banker

March 2026

Tempo mainnet and Machine Payments Protocol launched with Stripe.

14 April 2026

Stripe, Visa and Zodia Custody become validators on Tempo.

Provenance & Audit Trail

Recorded on Solana ✓Verify on-chain6 Wayback Archives

Decision Log

#1publishRecorded on Solana ✓10/13/2026, 5:17:42 AM
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 decision). 6 of 10 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

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last updated: 10/13/2026, 5:17:37 AM

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