Cross-Sector entity
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 3 of the 6 tracked stories. The 147-day window averages about 0.3 stories each week. The busiest single day carried 3. Coverage clusters in regulation, which accounts for 2 of those 6, with the remainder spread across 4 other categories.
6 verified stories tracked
Last mentioned: Aug 13, 2026
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Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 3 of the 6 tracked stories. The 147-day window averages about 0.3 stories each week. The busiest single day carried 3. Coverage clusters in regulation, which accounts for 2 of those 6, with the remainder spread across 4 other categories. 0% of these stories carry negative sentiment. The tracked stories average 2 original sources each. Elliptic appears in 6 tracked Cross-Sector stories published from March 20, 2026 through August 13, 2026.
Computed from the 6 stories linked to this entity. Beat comparisons are omitted because no baseline was available for this window.
Coverage cohort
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Elliptic. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
Project Pigeon working group announced
Elliptic, DAA, RFI and Baker McKenzie announce APAC working group for permissionless blockchain governance.
MAS launches consultation paper
Monetary Authority of Singapore publishes consultation on prudential treatment of crypto assets on permissionless blockchains.
Mainnet Launch
The Tempo blockchain officially goes live for developer deployment.
Compliance Partnership
Elliptic integration announced to handle AML for machine-to-machine payments.
Ecosystem Expansion
Visa launches competing tools; Elliptic announces compliance integration with Tempo.
Protocol Reveal
Tempo announces the Machine Payment Protocol (MPP) and its focus on AI agents.
Seed Funding
Tempo raises initial capital from Stripe and Paradigm to build AI payment rails.
Law firm Baker McKenzie and industry bodies are building a four-pillar governance framework for permissionless blockchains, directly responding to MAS's April 2026 consultation. The initiative could set de facto legal and compliance benchmarks for crypto asset treatment across the region.
Banks and financial institutions across APAC may gain a standardized risk framework to secure Group 1 treatment for crypto assets on permissionless blockchains. Project Pigeon's four-pillar structure could lower capital and compliance uncertainty for tokenized assets.
Crypto-native firms, exchanges, and banks are joining a four-pillar governance initiative to define what compliant permissionless blockchain infrastructure looks like in APAC. Success could dramatically expand institutional access to public networks.
Source: portal.sina.com.hk · (in)
Tempo, a fintech startup backed by Stripe and Paradigm, has officially launched the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) and its own high-throughput blockchain. The infrastructure is designed to enable autonomous AI agents to conduct seamless, low-latency financial transactions for API credits, compute, and data without human intervention.
Tempo, a startup backed by Stripe and Paradigm, has launched the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) and its own blockchain to facilitate autonomous transactions between AI agents. The launch marks a major step toward a machine-to-machine economy, supported by integrations with compliance firm Elliptic.
Crypto startup Tempo has officially launched its Machine Payment Protocol (MPP) and a dedicated blockchain designed specifically for autonomous AI agents. Backed by industry giants Stripe and Paradigm, the launch signals a major shift toward the 'agentic economy' where software agents handle financial transactions independently.
Source: finance.yahoo.com · fortune.com
