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        "rendered": "<div>\n<div>\n<h4 color=\"#333\">In brief<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Stripe, Visa, and Zodia Custody by Standard Chartered have joined as validators on the Tempo blockchain network.<\/li>\n<li>The firms process trillions of dollars annually and are now directly validating a crypto network built for real-time payments.<\/li>\n<li>All three have been design partners since Tempo&#8217;s inception and are actively building payment flows on the protocol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Payments giant Visa said Tuesday that it has become an \u201canchor validator\u201d for the Stripe-backed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/resources\/what-tempo-payments-stablecoin-blockchain-stripe\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Tempo blockchain network<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tempo.xyz\/blog\/stripe-visa-zodia-join-as-validators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\"><span>joining Stripe itself<\/span><\/a><span> and Zodia Custody by Standard Chartered in supporting the layer-1 blockchain built for agentic commerce and real-time payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The companies collectively process trillions of dollars in payment volume every year across nearly every country in the world, marking a significant institutional adoption milestone for blockchain payments infrastructure. Additional validators are set to be announced in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The firms have been design partners of Tempo\u2014which was created in partnership between Stripe and crypto VC firm Paradigm\u2014since day one and are building payment flows on the protocol. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/usa.visa.com\/about-visa\/newsroom\/press-releases.releaseId.22311.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Visa said<\/span><\/a><span> its validator node was configured and managed in-house following six months of joint work with Tempo&#8217;s engineering team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019ve spent years building our expertise in blockchain, and now we\u2019re expanding that work by running critical blockchain infrastructure ourselves,\u201d said Visa Head of Crypto Cuy Sheffield, in a statement. \u201cBy operating a validator on Tempo, we\u2019re extending Visa\u2019s commitment to reliability, security, and trust into blockchain networks\u2014supporting the development of stablecoin payment systems that meet the high operating standards our clients and partners expect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The validator announcements come as Tempo expands its infrastructure capabilities. The blockchain launched its mainnet in March and launched the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), an open standard that enables AI agents to pay for services autonomously. As a Tempo validator, Visa will earn stablecoin rewards when serving as lead validator to process transactions into blocks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Visa processes billions of transactions across nearly every country in the world. That kind of operational rigor is exactly what we look for in validators on Tempo, built for payments at enterprise scale,\u201d said Tempo\u2019s go-to-market lead, Nischay Upadhyayula. \u201cThey&#8217;ve been a design partner since day one, and joining as a validator is a natural extension of that work.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Daily Debrief Newsletter<\/h3>\n<p>Start every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features, a podcast, videos and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>",
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