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DoorDash, Stripe, Coastal, and ARQ Bring Stablecoin Payments Into Production on Tempo
Stripe, DoorDash, Coastal Bank, and ARQ have moved stablecoin payment flows into production on Tempo, a payments-focused blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm. Tempo's architecture uses dollar-denominated fees with no native token requirement, sub-second finality, and dedicated blockspace lanes, removing the fee volatility and throughput unpredictability that blocked enterprise adoption of general-purpose chains. ARQ processes $10B+ in annualized transaction volume across Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil on the network, while Stripe uses Tempo as the settlement layer for cross-border payouts across 100+ countries.
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