Across Is Live on Tempo at Mainnet Launch

Tempo, the blockchain for real-world payments at scale, launches its mainnet on March 18. Across is live on Tempo from day one. Swap USDC to pathUSD and move USDC from any major EVM chain to Tempo instantly, with the same zero-exploit security and intents-powered speed Across brings to every chain it supports.

Stablecoins moved over $35 trillion last year. And yet moving stables between chains still feels like it was designed by someone who’s never actually had to do it. Tempo is a blockchain built from scratch around the idea that moving stables should work like payments. Across is there from launch to connect it to everywhere else.

Tempo is the blockchain for real-world payments at scale, incubated by Stripe and Paradigm. It’s not another general-purpose DeFi chain chasing TVL. It’s infrastructure designed for the kind of money movement that businesses, enterprises, and payment developers actually need.

The specs reflect that focus:

The March 18 launch opens Tempo to developers and agentic use cases. Enterprise launch follows in mid-April. The caliber of backers behind this chain tells you something about where institutional money thinks payments are going.

Starting March 18, you can bridge USDC from any major EVM chain to Tempo through Across, with the same intent-based architecture that has processed $35B+ without a single exploit.

The experience is what you’d expect from Across. Pick your source chain, pick your amount, confirm. Across relayers compete to fill your order using their own capital, which means fast fills and low fees without your funds sitting in a vulnerable pool. Same security model, new destination.

This is more than just another chain announcement. It’s a signal about where crosschain infrastructure is heading, and the evolution of the future of finance.

Tempo’s audience isn’t the usual yield farming degen. It’s payment developers, businesses, and enterprises exploring onchain settlement. Being integrated with Tempo from launch means Across is becoming the interoperability layer not just for DeFi, but for real-world payments infrastructure. That’s a bigger market by orders of magnitude, and one step closer to the holy grail of mass adoption.

Stablecoins are the killer crosschain use case. Stablecoins are becoming the number one use-case of crypto. Tempo is a chain built entirely around that thesis. When the chain is purpose-built for stablecoin payments and the bridge is purpose-built for moving stablecoins fast and cheaply, the fit is obvious. It’s like finding out your favorite coffee shop opened next to your office.

Trust matters more at this scale. Enterprises and businesses evaluating Tempo’s payment rails will ask one question about every piece of infrastructure they touch: has it been hacked? Across’s answer is the same one it’s always been. No. Not once. Not at $35B+ in volume. That answer opens doors that marketing decks can’t.

When Tempo mainnet goes live on March 18:

That’s it. If you’re a developer building on Tempo and want to embed bridging directly into your app, check the Across developer docs for the Swap API and Across+ integration options.

You can bridge USDC to Tempo using Across at app.across.to. Select your source chain, choose USDC, set Tempo as the destination, and confirm. 

Tempo is the blockchain for real-world payments at scale, incubated by Stripe and Paradigm. It enables instant settlement, predictable low fees, and high throughput for any payments use case. 

Yes. Across is integrated with Tempo at mainnet launch. You can bridge USDC between major EVM chains and Tempo using Across’s intent-based architecture.

Start bridging to Tempo on March 18 at app.across.to.

Learn more: Across Docs | Tempo