# Stripe Deploys Tempo L1 Blockchain to Mainnet

*Author: Jack Inabinet*
*Published: Mar 18, 2026*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/read/news/stripe-deploys-tempo-blockchain-to-mainnet-introduces-machine-payments-protocol*

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Tempo, a payments-focused L1 blockchain created by fintech Stripe in collaboration with crypto VC Paradigm, has deployed live to mainnet.

### What's the Scoop?
- **New Chain:** Tempo Mainnet is now live. Starting today, anyone can build on Tempo through the blockchain's public RPC endpoints. First [announced](https://www.bankless.com/read/stripe-and-paradigm-launch-tempo-l1-blockchain) in September, Tempo is a high-scale blockchain designed specifically for financial services applications, including remittances, tokenized deposits, and micro-transactions.
- **Agentic Focus: **Alongside the launch of Tempo, Stripe has also introduced its Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), an open standard for machine payments to serve emergent agentic operations. According to a Stripe [blog post](https://stripe.com/blog/machine-payments-protocol), MPP will allow, "agents and services to coordinate payments programmatically," empowering autonomous account holders to make micropayments, recurring transactions, and more. 
- **Crypto Streak:** Stripe has bulked out an immense crypto presence in recent months, partnering with numerous companies to [issue](https://www.bankless.com/read/news/buy-now-pay-later-giant-klarna-prepping-stablecoin-on-stripes-tempo-chain) white-label stablecoins, and has [expanded](https://stripe.com/customers/ramp) its crypto card issuance program with Ramp to more than 2M cards. These developments build on Stripe's acquisitions of stablecoin issuance platform Bridge in 2024 and crypto wallet interface Privy in 2025.
- **Banking Approval: **Last month, Bridge [received](https://www.bankless.com/read/news/stripe-backed-bridge-secures-u-s-national-trust-banking-license) conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to become a federally chartered national trust bank, allowing it to custody assets nationwide without needing to secure state-level licenses.

> Tempo mainnet is live and permissionlessWe designed it to be the best blockchain for payments, and every feature serves that goalWe're also introducing a new standard for web and agentic payments, the Machine Payments Protocol, which you can use today [https://t.co/xmMbEb8Dtm](https://t.co/xmMbEb8Dtm)— Dan Robinson (@danrobinson) [March 18, 2026](https://twitter.com/danrobinson/status/2034269086415495516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)