Tempo’s testnet is live! Any company can now build on a payments-first chain designed for instant settlement, predictable fees, and a stablecoin-native experience. Tempo has been shaped with a wide group of partners validating real workloads including @AnthropicAI, @Coupang, @DeutscheBank, @DoorDash, @Lead_Bank, @mercury, @nubank, @OpenAI, @Revolut, @Shopify, @StanChart, and @Visa. Since our announcement, @brexHQ, @Coastal, @crossriverbank, @deel, @faire_wholesale, @Figure, @GustoHQ , @Kalshi, @Klarna, @Mastercard, @Payoneer, @withpersona, @tryramp, and @UBS have also joined as design partners. Dedicated payment lanes, stablecoin gas, deterministic finality, a built-in stable asset DEX, and programmable smart accounts are all live on testnet. If you’re building or modernizing payment flows, you can start integrating and testing today.

inland temporarily closed Helsinki-Vantaa Airport on May 15 after authorities detected a suspected drone incursion into the country’s airspace. Fighter jets were scrambled, flights from Asia were diverted and nearly 2 million residents in southern Finland were advised to stay indoors.

🚨US Accepts Temporary Lift of Iran Oil Sanctions in New Negotiation Text According to Tasnim News, the US has shifted position and now agrees to waive Iran's oil sanctions during the talks (a temporary OFAC waiver). Iran is still demanding full, permanent removal of all sanctions as part of any final deal.

KAST 🤝 Tempo We’re partnering with @tempo, the payments-first blockchain incubated by @paradigm and @stripe. We’ll be bringing our stablecoin earn product onto Tempo and collaborating as design partners on consumer stablecoin payments. More updates to come ⏳