Paradigm
Paradigm Leads $9 Million Round in Latin American Stablecoin App El Dorado
Paradigm has led a roughly $9 million round in El Dorado, the stablecoin-powered payments app that has signed up more than a million users across Latin America. The bet extends the venture firm's push into dollar-rails for emerging markets.
Tempo Goes Live on Mainnet, Unveils Machine Payments Protocol with Stripe
The payments-focused L1 launches with a slew of fintech and TradFi partners, while MPP is aimed at enabling agentic commerce.
OpenAI Unveils AI Benchmark Tool to Enhance Blockchain Security
Developed in collaboration with Paradigm, EVMbench evaluates AI agents' ability to detect, patch, and exploit smart contract vulnerabilities.
Stripe-Backed Tempo Blockchain Raises $500 Million in Series A
The deal values the upcoming payments-focused blockchain at $5 billion.
Decentralization Diehards Unite in Their Critique of Corporate L1s Like Tempo
Web2 firms are betting on their own blockchains, but many web3 industry leaders are questioning the move away from Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision and ethos.
Stripe and Paradigm Unveil Permissionless Layer 1 Blockchain, Tempo
The payments network features design input from a star-studded lineup including Anthropic, Visa, OpenAI, and Deutsche Bank.
MegaETH DEX GTE Raises $15 Million Funding Round Led by Paradigm
The decentralized exchange aims to be the primary on-chain trading HUB on MegaETH.
Paradigm Says Ethereum’s Future Is at Risk Due To Slow Updates
In a blog post, the venture capital and research firm said deliberately slowing change to protect decentralization prevents Ethereum from staying competitive.
Paradigm Execs Unveil Web3 Development Firm Ithica and Ethereum L2
Ithica’s Layer 2, Odyssey, is live on the Sepolia testnet and supports features included in Ethereum’s forthcoming Pectra upgrade.
Paradigm Responds To Criticism Levied At Its Portfolio Project, Blast
Paradigm’s Dan Robinson says the firm disagrees with Blast’s launch campaign tactics
