Stripe-backed Tempo plugs Morpho's $7.5B DeFi lending engine into its payments chain!

Tempo, the Stripe and Paradigm-backed blockchain built around stablecoin payments, is integrating Morpho's $7.5 billion lending marketplace — a move that transforms the network from a pure payments rail into a full-stack onchain financial platform. Fintechs and enterprises building on Tempo will now be able to lend, borrow, and earn yield on idle stablecoin balances without leaving the chain.

Morpho's modular lending system arrives on Tempo with curated risk markets managed by Gauntlet and Sentora, and RedStone oracles supplying price feeds for stablecoins, bitcoin-backed assets, and tokenized real-world assets. "We're seeing growing demand from enterprises looking to integrate DeFi capabilities into their payments products and create more value for their users," said Eric Kang, GTM at Tempo.

The integration places Tempo alongside a growing cohort of institution-focused blockchains —…