Tempo testnet just went live - $500M raised at $5B valuation - Led by @stripe + @paradigm - Built specifically for payments Tech: - Stablecoin gas - Dedicated payment lanes - Deterministic finality - Built-in stable asset dex - Programmable smart accounts - @dankrad (@ethereumfndn protocol architect) left ETH for @tempo Partners: - OpenAI & Anthropic (ai payments) - Shopify (e-commerce) - Revolut, Nubank, Mercury (neobanks) - Visa, Mastercard (card rails) - Deutsche Bank, UBS (tradfi) - DoorDash, Coupang (consumer) Mainnet Q1 2026