Recently, Swedish payment giant Klarna officially announced the early launch of its first stablecoin, KlarnaUSD, on the Tempo blockchain, supported by Paradigm and Stripe. The stablecoin was originally planned for launch in 2026.
According to the company, stablecoins have reached an annual transaction volume of $27 trillion, and Klarna will subsequently bring faster and cheaper cross-border payments to 114 million customers. The large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies is timely, and this is just the beginning.
Klarna's annual GMV exceeds $118 billion; its Q3 financial report showed record-high quarterly performance since the company's IPO, with quarterly revenue surging to $903 million, GMV growth of 23%, and revenue growth of 51% in the United States.