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Blockchains weren’t built for payroll-grade volume. That's why Zach Abrams, founder of Bridge, built Tempo. Tempo is Layer 1 EVM laser-focused on throughput and reliability. But Tempo is not a Stripe corporate blockchain. It's shared infrastructure. If PayPal wanted to use Tempo, they could so.

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