{"id":60473,"date":"2025-11-26T12:01:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=60473"},"modified":"2025-11-26T12:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:01:42","slug":"klarna-becomes-first-bank-to-issue-stablecoin-on-stripes-tempo-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=60473","title":{"rendered":"Klarna Becomes First Bank To Issue Stablecoin On Stripe&#8217;s Tempo Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Klarna Group PLC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/KLAR\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"KLAR\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/KLAR\">KLAR<\/a>)<\/strong> announced Tuesday the launch of KlarnaUSD, marking a significant milestone as the first bank to introduce a stablecoin on Stripe\u2019s Tempo blockchain. This development represents a notable pivot for the Swedish fintech company, whose leadership previously expressed reservations about digital currencies.<\/p>\n<p>The payments company, serving 114 million customers and processing $112 billion in annual gross merchandise volume, has selected Tempo as its blockchain infrastructure partner. Tempo is a payments-optimized network developed through collaboration between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/content\/45281564\/stripe-unveils-stablecoin-financial-accounts-for-businesses-in-101-countries\">Stripe and Paradigm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategic Rationale For Blockchain Adoption<\/h2>\n<p>The KlarnaUSD initiative targets inefficiencies in international payment settlement while addressing the substantial fee burden associated with cross-border transactions. Given that worldwide cross-border payment fees total roughly $120 billion annually, Klarna aims to capture meaningful market share through blockchain-based infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Market conditions appear favorable for this entry. The stablecoin sector has expanded to $304 billion in total capitalization as of November 2025, up from $260 billion in July. Research from McKinsey indicates that stablecoin transactions have reached $27 trillion annually, demonstrating widespread acceptance of blockchain payment infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrypto is finally at a stage where it is fast, low-cost, secure, and built for scale,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/Opinion\/25\/11\/49080246\/klarna-becomes-first-bank-to-issue-stablecoin-on-stripes-tempo-network?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Klarna\" becomes first bank to issue stablecoin on stripe tempo network>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Klarna Group PLC (NYSE:KLAR) announced Tuesday the launch of KlarnaUSD, marking a significant milestone as the first bank to introduce a stablecoin on Stripe\u2019s Tempo blockchain. This development represents a notable pivot for the Swedish fintech company, whose leadership previously expressed reservations about digital currencies. The payments company, serving 114 million customers and processing $112 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-60473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}