Paradigm
Stripe-Backed Blockchain Tempo Starts Testnet; Kalshi, Mastercard, UBS Added as Partners
Tempo, built by Stripe and Paradigm, has started testing payment-focused blockchain and has onboard a slew of institutional partners.

Ex-Signature Bank Execs Launch Blockchain-Powered Narrow Bank Backed by Paradigm, Winklevoss
N3XT Bank, operating under a Wyoming charter, aims to provide programmable U.S. dollar payments around the clock without lending deposits.

Stripe, Paradigm Unveil Tempo as Blockchain Race for High-Speed Stablecoin Payments Heats Up
The chain's stablecoin-first design aims to handle global payouts, microtransactions, remittances and AI agentic payments, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison said.

Stripe Taps Paradigm’s Matt Huang to Lead New Blockchain Tempo: Fortune
Tempo is described as a high-performance, payments-focused layer 1 blockchain compatible with Ethereum.

A Startup Raises $15M, Led by Paradigm, Aiming to Rival HyperLiquid
The exchange, GTE, hopes to emulate levels of latency seen on centralized venues like Binance.

Crypto Payments Firm Mesh Raises $82M as Stablecoin Adoption Soars
The fundraising was completed using PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin and was led by Paradigm.

Industry-Funded Polls Back Crypto Message: They Have Enough Voters to Make a Splash
While these voter surveys are paid for with an ultimate aim of getting policy-makers' attention, the data shared by industry groups makes a case some voters seem to feel strongly.

Bitcoin Staking Platform Babylon to Start Phased Mainnet Launch This Week
Babylon's attempts to introduce BTC staking is one of many developments in recent months that are aiming to introduce greater utility to Bitcoin

Crypto VC Paradigm Invests in MetaDAO as Prediction Markets Boom
MetaDAO, a Solana experiment in governance by "futarchy," raised a total of $2.2 million to fund operations.

Exponential.fi Wants to Make It Easier to Invest in DeFi
The platform aims to make it easy to identify opportunities, bridge fiat, assess risk, and invest in crypto all-in-one.
