Stripe’s Reported $7 Billion OpenRouter Deal Buys Micropayments Without a Blockchain
OpenRouter meters AI usage against prepaid deposits and charges 5% on crypto top-ups against 5.5% on card purchases made through Stripe. Stripe co-incubated Tempo to settle machine payments onchain; the chain is running at about one transaction per second.
By: The Defiant Team •
TradFi & Fintech
OpenRouter meters AI usage against prepaid deposits and charges 5% on crypto top-ups against 5.5% on card purchases made through Stripe. Stripe co-incubated Tempo to settle machine payments onchain; the chain is running at about one transaction per second.
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