Stripe positions Tempo blockchain and stablecoin stack as 'AWS for money,' sees Global South leading demand

Stripe is framing its stablecoin and Tempo blockchain bet as an 'AWS for money' play, with crypto GTM lead Adrien Duchâteau saying the strongest demand is in the Global South and cross-border flows where cards fail and local currencies are unstable. Tempo — Stripe's purpose-built payments chain with sub-second finality — already has Visa, Nubank, Shopify, and Klarna on testnet ahead of a 2026 mainnet launch. The pitch: enterprise-grade payment rails for stablecoins, not another DeFi chain.

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