Coins.ph has added support for the Tempo blockchain, giving users in the Philippines faster and lower-cost options for moving Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) in and out of the platform. The integration, live since August 9, 2026, expands the exchange’s multi-chain infrastructure as demand grows for stablecoin-based remittances and business payments.
Key Facts At A Glance
- Partner network: Tempo, an Ethereum-compatible Layer 1 blockchain built for stablecoin payments
- Tempo backers: Incubated by Stripe and Paradigm
- Live date: August 9, 2026
- Assets supported: Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC), via canonical USDT0 and USDC.e formats
- Settlement speed: Approximately half a second per transaction
- Gas fees: Payable directly in USDT or USDC rather than a separate volatile token
- Compliance layer: Protocol-level know-your-transaction checks and sanctions screening built into Tempo
- Use cases cited: Retail payments, business disbursements, and cross-border remittances
A Payments-First Blockchain
Coins.ph has integrated Tempo, a payments-first Layer 1 blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, giving its users multi-chain deposit and withdrawal capability for USDT and USDC starting August 9, 2026. The move extends Coins.ph’s existing multi-chain setup as the exchange positions itself to meet rising demand for faster, cheaper stablecoin transfers across retail payments, business disbursements, and remittances.
Tempo is designed specifically around stablecoin settlement rather than general-purpose crypto activity. The network uses dedicated payment lanes that keep financial transfers separate from congestion-heavy activity such as NFT minting or high-frequency trading, and it settles transactions in roughly half a second. Users can pay network gas fees directly in stablecoins like USDT or USDC instead of needing a separate token, and the network runs know-your-transaction compliance and sanctions screening at the protocol level.
Executive Commentary
Christine Lim, Coins.ph’s Global Business Development Director for Crypto, said the shift toward stablecoins as a default settlement rail for cross-border commerce and remittances makes instant, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure a growing user need, and framed the Tempo integration as bringing enterprise-grade stablecoin rails to the platform’s user base through its USDT0 and USDC.e formats. Josh Itzkovitz, who handles go-to-market for Tempo, pointed to Coins.ph’s trust and distribution across the Philippines as the rationale for the partnership, positioning it as a channel for bringing Tempo’s sub-second settlement and native stablecoin gas payments to Filipino users.
The integration builds on Coins.ph’s broader stablecoin push in the Philippines, which has included prior work connecting USDT and USDC to the country’s QRPh national payment standard.