Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, recently shared his views regarding the future of crypto. In a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos, CZ mentioned that next wave of the crypto will not be driven by the new tokens, but by the real-world implications of the crypto. He believes that tokenization, artificial intelligence (AI), and real-world payments are going to shape the future of crypto. Ali, a crypto enthusiast, shared the details with crypto community through his X account.
Binance Founder Outlines the Next Crypto Narrative Beyond New Coins
While discussion his futuristic vision for the crypto, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), clearly stated that new coins are not going to shape the next crypto narrative. Instead, he believes that tokenization, payments and AI will transform the crypto space by becoming the next narrative of crypto. In addition, he uttered that crypto exchanges and stablecoins have already proven their utility and demand in our daily life and now it’s a turning point for the next crypto narratives.
Next phase is to be shaped by the governments tokenizing the asset and crypto to be utilized for the payments and AI Agents using crypto as the native money. CZ believes the crypto sector is now entering a more mature phase where blockchain technology integrates deeply into governments, payments infrastructure, and AI systems.
Tokenization, AI, and Payments Narratives as the Next Phase of Crypto
Founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, also emphasized tokenization as a key opportunity, particularly for governments. Futhermore, CZ revealed that he is currently in discussions with around a dozen governments exploring the tokenization of state-owned assets. Focusing on Tokenization, he said that tokenization enables governments to unlock capital faster, realize financial gains earlier, and reuse those funds into industries such as tourism, infrastructure, and trade development.
While speaking on payments, Zhao was concerned that consumers may not actively choose to pay with crypto yet and blockchain technology is increasingly being embedded behind the scenes. As crypto is quietly powering payment rails within traditional financial systems, it is enabling faster and efficient transactions.
The third major narrative is artificial intelligence (AI), which has become one of most transformative use cases in crypto landscape. Changpeng Zhao argued that cryptocurrency is ideally suited to serve as native money for AI agents. AI is transacting on behalf of users, crypto’s borderless, programmable, and instant nature makes it far more practical than traditional banking rails.
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