> Stablecoins enable instant, borderless, programmable transactions, but current blockchain infrastructure isn’t designed for them

How?

> existing systems are either fully general or trading-focused. Tempo is a blockchain designed and built for real-world payments.

What makes existing systems not suitable for instant, borderless transactions? What makes this new chain suitable for instant, borderless transactions?

Any system with an API is programmable.

It is just marketing, you can send money instantly on solana now. They will have a version of it with more control, censorship and more integrations so it is between a real blockchain and swift garbage

So if I want to make a payment with Tempo and currently only have US Dollars, or accept payments in Tempo and cash out in USD, Stripe will facilitate that?

They have to if they want Tempo to succeed.

“Fully general” isn’t a disadvantage though. Especially when it comes to blockchain where the more validators the better.