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Tempo, the Stripe and Paradigm-backed blockchain focused on stablecoin payments, is bringing Morpho’s $7.5 billion lending marketplace onto its network as it expands its offering beyond payments and into DeFi.
Morpho is now live on Tempo.
Enterprises and apps on Tempo can now use @Morpho in DeFi use cases including earn products, lending, and onchain credit. https://t.co/qOfg6uYqCZ
— Tempo (@tempo) May 18, 2026
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The launch gives Tempo users access to one of DeFi’s largest lending protocols, allowing fintechs and enterprises building on the chain to access crypto-native borrowing and yield products alongside payments infrastructure.
Tempo was introduced by Stripe and Paradigm as a payments first blockchain built for stablecoins and real-world transactions, with design input from companies including Visa, Shopify, Revolut, Deutsche Bank, Nubank, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Standard Chartered.
The move reflects a broader push among fintech and payments firms to make stablecoin balances productive instead of leaving them idle. Tempo has largely positioned itself as infrastructure for moving money, including stablecoin transfers, foreign exchange, and settlement tools for businesses.
Morpho broadens that offering into a more complete onchain financial stack, allowing companies to lend, borrow, and earn yield on digital assets without leaving the network. In practice, payment providers and enterprises could park idle stablecoin balances in curated lending markets to generate yield while keeping funds inside Tempo’s ecosystem.
Morpho operates a modular lending system where market curators can set risk rules and asset parameters for different pools. The protocol has described itself as an open credit network connecting lenders and borrowers, with curators playing a key role in managing risk, return, and liquidity across Morpho vaults.
Risk firms Gauntlet and Sentora said they are beginning to offer curated markets on Tempo, while oracle provider RedStone is supplying price feeds for stablecoins, Bitcoin-backed assets, and tokenized real-world assets used across the lending markets.
RedStone said in March that it had gone live on Tempo from mainnet launch, supplying real-time feeds for FX, cross-border payments, payroll, and enterprise commerce use cases.
Tempo is part of a growing wave of institution-focused blockchains competing to bring stablecoin payments, tokenized assets, and financial infrastructure onchain. The project reportedly raised $500 million last year at a $5 billion valuation and formally launched in March.