Why AI Agents Will Pay Each Other in Stablecoins | Kevin Lehtiniitty, Borderless

What happens when AI agents start paying each other? Kevin Lehtiniitty, CEO and co-founder of Borderless.xyz, believes machine-to-machine payments could become one of the most important applications for stablecoins. In this episode of Machine Money, Toby Lewis talks to Kevin about the evolution of stablecoins, the infrastructure behind global money movement, and what changes when machines become economic actors. Kevin has worked in stablecoins since 2016, including on the launch of TrueUSD. His company Borderless now connects payment providers and local banking networks through a single platform. We explore a surprising distinction: your AI agent might still use a Visa or Mastercard when booking a flight, but when one agent buys compute, data or services from another, entirely different payment rails may make more sense. Chapters 00:00 – Introducing Kevin Lehtiniitty 01:12 – From Bitcoin to the early stablecoin industry 03:42 – Why mainstream stablecoin adoption is accelerating 05:14 – What Borderless is building 07:20 – Connecting global payment networks 10:00 – Why payment infrastructure is harder than it looks 13:48 – Moving money as easily as data 25:23 – How AI agents will make payments 27:04 – Micropayments and machine-to-machine commerce 29:58 – Crypto finality and consumer protection 33:21 – What's next for Borderless? Machine Money explores AI, Bitcoin, crypto and the financial infrastructure of the emerging agentic economy. Subscribe for more conversations with the founders and technologists building it, and follow Machine Money on Spotify. #MachineMoney #Stablecoins #AIAgents