Stripe-backed Tempo taps $7.5 billion DeFi lender Morpho to expand beyond payments
Tempo, a blockchain focused on stablecoin payments and backed by Stripe, is integrating Morpho's $7.5 billion DeFi lending marketplace. This partnership aims to expand Tempo's offerings beyond payments to include borrowing and yield products. The move reflects a growing trend among fintech firms to utilize idle stablecoin balances for generating returns.
- ▪Tempo is integrating Morpho's DeFi lending marketplace to enhance its financial services.
- ▪The partnership allows users to lend, borrow, and earn yield on stablecoin balances directly onchain.
- ▪Morpho's system will feature curated markets from risk firms and utilize oracles for pricing.
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FinanceShareShare this articleCopy linkX iconX (Twitter)LinkedInFacebookEmailStripe-backed Tempo taps $7.5 billion DeFi lender Morpho to expand beyond paymentsThe move brings onchain yield and lending to the payments-focused chain in a bid to offer full-stack onchain finance platform to companies building on it.By Krisztian Sandor|Edited by Nikhilesh De May 18, 2026, 4:27 p.m. 2 min readMake preferred on Paul Frambot, CEO Morpho Labs (Morpho)What to know: Tempo, a Stripe and Paradigm-backed blockchain focused on stablecoin payments, is integrating Morpho's $7.5 billion DeFi lending marketplace to add borrowing and yield products to its network.The partnership lets fintechs and enterprises building on Tempo lend, borrow and earn yield on idle stablecoin balances directly onchain, expanding…
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