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