Crossing Borders Unchained
Jan 25, 2026
Ran (Goldi) Goldshtein, SVP Payments & Network at Fireblocks and seasoned blockchain/payments entrepreneur. He discusses why 2025 became a turning point for stablecoins. They cover merchant demand and real‑time settlement, limits of stablecoins as a payments rail, evolving bank on/off ramps, privacy and AML on-chain, and real-world remittance and treasury use cases.
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Stablecoins Hit Institutional Scale
- Stablecoins reached scale in 2025 driven by major institutional adoption and real-world use cases.
- Fireblocks moved $5 trillion in assets in 2025, with $2.9 trillion in stablecoins for payment companies.
Regulation And Signals Catalyzed Adoption
- Regulation, clearer AML tools, and improved technology enabled stablecoin growth this year.
- Stripe's acquisition of Bridge signaled product-market fit and kicked off a stablecoin arms race.
Use Stablecoins For Speed, Not Free Transfers
- Use stablecoins where speed to dollar liquidity matters, such as merchant payouts and B2B flows.
- Expect off-ramp costs and AML effort; stablecoins solve speed not magical costlessness.