New @stable_takes episode featuring @deel discussing the importance of @tempo Zones for global contractor payouts
Tempo Zones ensure your paycheck information isn't public.
@thierryEdde44 explains why privacy was a non-negotiable requirement for @Deel's stablecoin wallet and contractor payouts.
From @stable_takes with @dwr and @sytaylor
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Stable Takes Episode 3
Interview with @thierryEdde44 from @deel, banks cold on agents, and stablecoin privacy
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Tempo Zones are live, and @dwr chatted with Robbie about why stablecoins are *the* generational opportunity right now.
Our quick breakdown:
- The GENIUS Act created a barbell. Regulated stablecoins sit on one side and open, permissionless rails on the other. The infrastructure that connects the two is where the opportunity is.
- Treasury yield for anyone with a phone. For decades, earning the US risk-free rate meant having a brokerage account and living in the right country. Stablecoins put that in a phone, anywhere in the world.
-Why this matters now: Stablecoins have moved past being a trading tool. They're turning into the default way to hold and move dollars globally, and the chains that make that fast, cheap, and compliant will capture it.
Tempo is building for that future.
Full conversation below & up on all platforms now. Enjoy.
@tempo @dwr @robbieklages
EXCLUSIVE: Tempo Zones Are Live. Why Stablecoins Are A Generational Opportunity And Tempo Is Ready For It
@dwr @tempo @therollupco
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:12 GENIUS Act Created The Barbell
04:56 Anyone With A Smartphone Gets US Treasury Rate
07:15 Stablecoins Get Rerated For Global TAM
08:54 Post-Genius The Landscape Changed
11:03 Banks Were Off-Sides On GENIUS
14:25 Capital Flight Risk Is Overblown
15:16 Tempo Zones Privacy Layer Announced
16:52 Enterprises Shocked Blockchains Are Public
19:31 Corporate Intranet Analogy For Tempo Zones
20:56 Tempo Six Month Mainnet Update
26:48 Three Categories Of Stablecoin Adopters
29:18 OpenUSD Misconceptions Addressed
31:16 Four Characteristics Of Blockchains Explained
35:05 Decentralization Is A Function Of Competition
36:49 Is Decentralized Social Media Dead?
41:54 Streaming Payroll Every Second Is Possible
43:50 Meta Neobank Moves Money To Highest Yield
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Tempo CBO @dwr warns that AI is destroying the illusion of privacy in crypto, making it easier than ever for competitors to track transactions on public blockchains:
"When you send a stablecoin payment on a blockchain, that’s public. People have this false sense of, no one knows what I’m doing on a blockchain. We now have AI. It’s really much more straightforward for a determined adversary or competitor to map out everything that’s happening on-chain."
"If you’re a business using stablecoins, all of your other payment methods that you use with customers are private, and then when you’re using stablecoins, they’re public."
"We built Zones to bring the privacy that enterprises expect to Tempo. Whether you’re using them publicly or privately, that just becomes a flip of the switch."
@tempo
Privacy is live on Tempo.
Tempo Zones let enterprises keep customer stablecoin balances and payments private, with built-in compliance controls and access to global liquidity.
@deel is the first customer with Zones live in production.
Privacy is live on @tempo
Tempo Zones let enterprises keep customer stablecoin balances and payments private, with built-in compliance controls and full access to Tempo's global liquidity.
tempo.xyz/blog/privacy-is-li…
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Brainfood founder @sytaylor says 3 bank CEOs called him in a panic over Meta's Muse, asking whether they need to launch their own AI agents:
"I spoke to three bank CEOs a couple of weeks ago. They were all calling me in a panic saying, 'What do we do about Muse? Should we be launching our own agent? Do we have to move now?'"
"Maybe my agent could be my stock picker. Maybe it could be sweeping cash into an overnight fund. Imagine if you had this private banker in your pocket just doing stuff for you."
"How, as a financial institution, do I sell to an agent versus selling to a human? Maybe I'm not sponsoring stadiums anymore. I've gotta up my AEO game quite dramatically."
New 🔥: Stable Takes with @dwr & @sytaylor
They'll break down the top stablecoin and agentic news stories each week.
Listen here
Introducing Stable Takes
A new 20-minute weekly mini podcast from @sytaylor and me.
Each week we'll discuss the top stories in stablecoins and agentic payments.
Episode 1: SIBOS recap, OUSD launched, and agentic bank runs.
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LATEST: Open USD, the stablecoin project backed by Mastercard, Visa and Stripe, went live on Wednesday on Ethereum, Solana, Base and Tempo as an Open Standard targets payments, banking, settlement and institutional trading in a stablecoin market still dominated by USDT and USDC.
coindesk.com/business/2026/0…
Open USD by @openstandard is live on @tempo !
Open USD (OUSD) is live on Tempo, with $400M+ in liquidity at launch.
Issued natively on Tempo, OUSD by @openstandard gives businesses a new stablecoin for payments, settlement, and treasury, with liquidity deployed across decentralized exchanges, stablecoin swaps, and bridges.
Mercator, from @tempo and powered by @mpp, lets agents discover, price, and execute paid tool workflows on demand, without setting up an account with every provider.
mercator.sh/
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INTRODUCING MERCATOR by @tempo.
Mercator gives agents a new effort level.
By giving an agent a search engine to the world's paid tools it empowers a small model to punch above its weight, while being cheaper than larger models.
$5 Mercator credits w/ your X/Github ⬇️