Payroll platform Deel is now using Zones on the Tempo blockchain in production, so its contractors' balances and payout history are not publicly visible. Deel's stablecoin wallet launched in June 2026 in Argentina and by August had expanded to more than 80 countries. Deel's deposit into its Zone is visible on the public network, but who is paid and how much is not. The setup was built together with Stripe's Privy.
What it means: One of the biggest barriers to using blockchains for business payments is that most networks show everyone who paid whom and how much. No company wants rivals to see its payroll, and no worker wants their balance to be public. Tempo's approach, with private spaces where the operator still sees what it needs for audit and reconciliation, comes closer to how a bank account works. For Greek businesses employing freelancers abroad, which is very common in software, stablecoin payouts become more attractive once privacy is addressed. From a GDPR point of view, keeping payment details off a public ledger is close to a precondition. There is another side, though: anti-money laundering authorities will want access, and the EU transfer of funds regulation requires sender and recipient data. The model in which the Zone operator carries bank-like compliance duties shows how a balance between confidentiality and oversight might be struck in practice.
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