Thrilled to share our latest
#StackChats episode featuring
@KevLeht, CEO of
@borderlessxyz ๐ง
As a Founding Partner in
#NotabeneFlow, Kevin has been an incredible thought partner with us. He brings nine years of experience across the stablecoin ecosystemโspanning issuers, custodians, and payment railsโand he's building something remarkable with
@borderlessxyz.
Kevin and the team are tackling a fundamental challenge: ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด?
Their answer is ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ that connects all the local on/off ramps and liquidity providers, so builders don't have to waste months integrating and maintaining dozens of individual APIs.
In the excerpt clip below, Kevin breaks down his framework for thinking about three phases of money: from Money 1.0 (SWIFT/Visa's antiquated infrastructure), through Money 2.0 (fintechs creating the illusion of better infrastructure with band-aids like pre-funding and better UX), to Money 3.0โwhere ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐
๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ instead of just masking its problems.
We love having the opportunity to share Kevin's insights with you all through this in-depth conversation with
@PelleB where they touch on:
๐งฉ The juxtaposition between global stablecoin networks and local financial infrastructure that will always stay fragmented
๐ Why rebuilding the same API integrations creates zero enterprise value and how Borderless is solving this with a unified network approach
๐ The evolution from "Money 1.0" to "Money 3.0"
๐ฆ Why merchant-initiated payments and invoice-based workflows are the key to unlocking institutional stablecoin adoption
๐ค How trust infrastructure and compliance like the Travel Rule enable the business value of stablecoins instead of limiting it
๐ฎ The 5-10 year vision for shifting global value transfer to faster, more efficient networks operating at internet speed
This is the kind of infrastructure work that doesn't make flashy headlines, but it's what actually moves the needle. Excited to be building alongside Kevin Lehtiniitty and the
Borderless.xyz team.
๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ
ordnl.link/b9JKpxz
And join us in building the open rails for B2B stablecoin payments with
#NotabeneFlow. Become a member:
ordnl.link/tQKky97