[Stripe and Paradigm Open Tempo Blockchain to the Public, Adding Partners Like America] Stripe and Paradigm have launched the public testing of the blockchain project Tempo, opening the Tempo network to companies building stablecoin payment applications. Tempo addresses cost issues through independent payment channels, with a fixed fee of 0.1 cents per transaction. New partners for Tempo include America, Cross River Bank, and Kalshi, with previous partners including Deutsche Bank, OpenAI, and others. Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang stated the aim is to address developers' lack of experience.