Overview
- A partnership announced Tuesday between DoorDash and Tempo will pilot stablecoin payouts for merchants in 40+ countries, with Dasher payments planned next and no launch date yet.
- Tempo launched a Stablecoin Advisory that scopes use cases and sends engineers into client teams to wire stablecoin payments into existing systems.
- Stripe, Visa, Coastal Community Bank, ARQ, Fifth Third Bank and Howard Hughes Holdings are building or preparing payment flows on Tempo, with Mastercard, UBS and Klarna listed as infrastructure partners at launch.
- Tempo’s network targets enterprise payments with sub‑second settlement, fixed fees and private channels, and it uses stablecoins tied to fiat currencies to cut foreign‑exchange and banking costs.
- The push follows $33 trillion in 2025 stablecoin transaction volume and roughly a $300 billion market cap, after the US GENIUS Act clarified rules and lowered hurdles for companies.