Tempo Tier-1 Support

Dfns now supports the Tempo blockchain and its networks TempoAndantino and TempoModerato. Developers, fintechs, and financial institutions can now access Tempo through Dfns’ secure wallet infrastructure to build payment, treasury, and settlement applications on top of this new payments-focused network. This integration brings Tempo into the Dfns platform as a fully supported blockchain environment for institutions building with stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and programmable payments.

What is Tempo?

Incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, Tempo is a Layer-1 blockchain designed specifically for payments. The network was built from the ground up to support high-volume, real-world financial flows such as payouts, treasury transfers, payroll, and merchant settlement.

Unlike general-purpose blockchains that evolved around trading or decentralized finance, Tempo is optimized for payment infrastructure. The protocol provides high throughput, low transaction costs, and sub-second settlement designed to meet the operational expectations of fintech platforms and financial institutions. Tempo introduces several primitives tailored for payments:

• Native stablecoin payments – transaction fees can be paid in stablecoins rather than a volatile gas token.
• High throughput and fast finality – designed to process large payment volumes with predictable latency.
• Tempo Transactions – native primitives for batching, scheduling, and concurrent payments.
• TIP-20 token standard – a payments-focused token framework extending ERC-20 with compliance controls and payment metadata.

These features allow Tempo to support use cases such as global payouts, treasury management, tokenized deposits, and cross-border settlement at scale.

Tempo networks: TempoAndantino and TempoModerato

Tempo introduces multiple network environments to support development and production deployment.

• TempoAndantino: A network optimized for development, experimentation, and early integrations. It allows teams to test payment workflows, stablecoin transfers, and programmable payment flows before deploying to production environments.
• TempoModerato: A production-grade network designed for high-volume payment operations. TempoModerato provides predictable transaction throughput, fast settlement, and the operational stability required for institutional payment infrastructure.

With support for both networks, developers can move seamlessly from experimentation to production deployment using the same wallet and authorization infrastructure.

How Dfns supports Tempo

Through Dfns, developers and institutions can interact with Tempo using institutional-grade wallet infrastructure, transaction governance, and secure signing. With this integration, users can:

• Create Tempo wallets managed through Dfns
• Transfer stablecoins and TIP-20 tokens
• Broadcast Tempo transactions to TempoAndantino and TempoModerato
• Generate secure transaction signatures using MPC or HSM-based key infrastructure
• Retrieve balances and transaction data for Tempo assets
• Receive webhooks for Tempo network events and transaction confirmations

Because Dfns supports more than 100 blockchain networks, teams can also orchestrate workflows across Tempo and other chains from a single platform.

Building payments on Tempo with Dfns

Tempo was designed to bring real-world payment infrastructure on-chain. Combined with Dfns’ wallet and authorization infrastructure, developers can build applications such as:

• stablecoin payment processors
• treasury management systems
• payroll and payout engines
• tokenized deposit settlement platforms
• cross-border payment rails

Dfns handles the operational complexity of wallets, keys, identities, and transaction governance so teams can focus on building financial products rather than operating blockchain infrastructure.

Start building on Tempo today: app.dfns.io/get-started