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Is 2025 the Year? Borderless CEO Kevin Lehtiniitty's Perspective on Stablecoins and Crypto’s Future
Jan 1, 2025
January 1, 2025 – Kevin Lehtiniitty, CEO of Borderless.xyz, was featured in a January 2025 article discussing key trends shaping the crypto industry. The article highlights the surge in stablecoin activity throughout 2024, with Ethereum continuing to dominate stablecoin transfers and Solana making impressive gains in Q4. BNB Chain, Polygon, and Avalanche showed slower growth, indicating more niche use cases for stablecoins. This surge aligns with Lehtiniitty’s prediction that stablecoin payments will redefine global financial infrastructure, driving financial inclusion and wider blockchain adoption.
The article also delves into Bitcoin’s resurgence in decentralized finance (DeFi). With Bitcoin DeFi reaching $7.5 billion in total value locked (TVL) by December 2024, Bitcoin is set to challenge Ethereum’s dominance. Cross-chain interoperability is highlighted as another key development, with predictions that blockchain ecosystems will soon seamlessly connect, enhancing user experiences and innovation.
Lehtiniitty emphasizes that 2025 will mark the transition to fast, cheap, internet-native money through stablecoins, further accelerating global commerce and financial inclusion. AI and crypto integration is also gaining momentum, with leaders like Clara Tsao of the Filecoin Foundation foreseeing rapid growth in the overlap between AI and decentralized infrastructure networks (DePIN).
The regulatory environment is shifting favorably with global initiatives like MiCA in Europe, and the incoming U.S. administration’s anticipated regulatory changes, which will likely fuel further institutional interest in tokenized real-world assets.
For the full article, please visit Blockworks.
