Lisk has fully reinvented itself. The chain you remember from years ago is gone — in 2025, Lisk is an Ethereum Layer-2 built on the OP Stack, plugged into the Superchain and optimized for real-world users, not hype cycles. Instead of chasing casino apps, Lisk is building for founders and communities in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America — regions where Web3 solves real problems: hyperinflation, remittances, identity, access to banking, and mobile payments.

Lisk’s “human layer” strategy focuses on incubators and teams on the ground in Cape Town, Nairobi, Jakarta, and Buenos Aires, supporting startups with funding, mentorship, and global scaling. On the tech side, Lisk is EVM equivalent, extremely low cost, Superchain compatible, mobile-first, and optimized for stablecoin payments, identity systems, creator tools, and real-world dApps.

It already hosts real businesses solving multi-billion-dollar problems — from stablecoins for Indonesia to supply-chain tools in South Africa. With a $15M founder fund, incubator partnerships, and a three-stage pipeline from ideation to global scale, Lisk is positioning itself where the next billion users will come from.

If you're a builder, user, investor, or founder looking at emerging markets, Lisk is one of the most important OP Stack ecosystems to watch right now.

00:00 — What if a blockchain was built for real people?
00:16 — Lisk’s 2025 transformation into an OP Stack Layer-2
00:46 — The “human layer”: building where Web3 solves real problems
01:40 — Lisk’s tech: EVM equivalent, mobile-first, OP Stack, payments
02:49 — Real startups building on Lisk across emerging markets
03:26 — The $15M founder pipeline: incubators → funding → scaling
04:11 — Why emerging markets matter for crypto’s next billion users
04:45 — Who Lisk is for & why to watch it
05:17 — Final thoughts + subscribe

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