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Klarna, the global BNPL and payments company, announced plans to launch its own USD stablecoin on the Stripe/Paradigm Tempo blockchain to cut payment costs, signaling a major consumer-fintech entry into stablecoin issuance.
Stablecoins
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2005
- HQ
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Stage
- Public
- Funding
- Public (NYSE: KLAR)
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