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Visa Inc. (V) announced it has launched a validator node on the Tempo blockchain network, joining Stripe and Zodia Custody by Standard Chartered as external validators on the platform.
The payment company configured and managed the validator node internally following six months of collaboration with Tempo’s engineering team. As an anchor validator, Visa will participate in transaction validation and help secure the network during its initial phase.
"We’ve spent years building our expertise in blockchain, and now we’re expanding that work by running critical blockchain infrastructure ourselves," said Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto at Visa. "By operating a validator on Tempo, we’re extending Visa’s commitment to reliability, security, and trust into blockchain networks."
Tempo describes itself as a Layer-1 blockchain designed for agentic commerce and machine-to-machine payments. Validator nodes on the network confirm and order transactions into blocks while maintaining consensus on the ledger’s state.
Validators on Tempo receive stablecoin rewards when serving as lead validators who package transactions into blocks. The company stated that additional participants will join the validator network, though specific details were not provided.
This marks Visa’s second blockchain validation role, as the company previously became a Super Validator on the Canton Network to help banks explore privacy-preserving payment flows.
The validator launch aligns with Visa’s blockchain payment innovation strategy and its focus on stablecoin payment systems development, according to the company’s statement.