Last week, @tempo announced the integration of the DeFi lending protocol @Morpho directly into its payment infrastructure. This allows enterprises and fintechs to lend idle stablecoins for yield or borrow against on-chain collateral without bridging assets or leaving the Tempo ecosystem. The initial curated vaults are managed by Gauntlet and Sentora and around US$2 million of Coinbase Wrapped BTC (cbBTC) has already been deposited as collateral, making it the first supported asset on the platform. Source: @Dune

One of the more interesting products on @tempo today is its Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), a payment layer that allows AI agents to transact autonomously within predefined permissions and spending limits. Developers can plug MPP into an agent via API, allowing it to pay for data, APIs, tools, compute, or services on demand within preset limits and permissions. The most immediate use case is pay-per-use digital services: market data, onchain analytics, search, compliance checks, MCP tools, GPU compute, or specialized AI models. Momentum is also building: Tempo MPP is currently averaging over 15k transactions per day, with activity still trending upward. Over time, this can expand into agent-to-agent commerce and broader agentic commerce, where agents discover services, pay, and execute tasks autonomously. Source: @Dune

USD stablecoins dominate 99% of the market. But the other 1% just grew 16x in 3 years. Local currency stablecoin supply is up 70%. On-chain transfer volume went from $600M to $10B. EURC is live on Aave and Visa Direct. BRLA hit $400M transfer volume in Feb 2026. XSGD is quietly settling Grab × Alipay in the background. And @circle StableFX is now trying to connect all of them — with RFQ mechanics and PvP atomic settlement. Essentially an on-chain FX network. The $9.6T/day FX market hasn't been disrupted yet. But the plumbing is being laid — and most people haven't noticed. Full breakdown 👇 medium.com/@gate_ventures/th…

Welcome to Gate Ventures' very first podcast episode! 🎙️ Is DeFi dead? We go deep with Sonya Kim @sonyasunkim, Co-Founder of 3F Labs @3f_xyz, on the real mechanics of on-chain RWA leverage — and why carry trade is the next explosive opportunity in DeFi. 🎧 Now available on YouTube and Spotify! ・YouTube: youtu.be/05oRWihHlAY?si=WbF9… ・Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0DD… —— 🔑 Key Takeaways: ✅ DeFi isn't dead? — but recent exploits set the industry back 6–12 months ✅ Stablecoin supply growing 5x faster than crypto market cap ✅ RWA is the only sustainable fix for DeFi's cyclically collapsing yields ✅ 3F's Bridge Facilitator builds your full leveraged position in one settlement cycle — no more 20-day waits ✅ Four-layer capital stack: leverage LPs, BFs, Morpho depositors & liquidators ✅ Why JAAA CLO (Centrifuge × Janus Henderson) was chosen as the first asset ✅ Founder advice: find PMF in DeFi first, then scale with TradFi distribution —— #GateVentures #DeFi #RWA #Web3 #Podcast #3F #3FLabs