CZ: Bullish on Tokenization, Payments, and AI for the Future

BlockBeats News, January 22nd, Binance founder CZ spoke at the Davos World Economic Forum's "Financial New Age" panel, stating, "Currently, the crypto industry has two mature sectors: exchanges and stablecoins. Looking ahead, I see three new directions:

The first is Tokenization, which is a very important direction. By tokenizing some assets, governments can actually solve financial issues more efficiently, improve the efficiency of the financial system operation, and promote the development of related industries and trading markets.

The second is Payments. In the past, we have also attempted crypto payments, but frankly, not many people actually use it. However, a trend is emerging now: traditional payment methods are merging with crypto technology. For example, users use cards like Visa, Mastercard for payment, funds are deducted from the account, merchants receive fiat currency, but settlement and bridging are done through stablecoins and blockchain. This model is gradually being implemented and will definitely develop in the future.

The third direction is Artificial Intelligence (AI). An AI Agent's "native currency" should naturally be cryptocurrency, and blockchain is currently the most suitable native technology interface for AI Agents. Today's AI is not yet a true Agent; they won't buy you plane tickets, book restaurants, or directly make payments for you. But once AI truly has the ability to take action and make transactions, cryptocurrency will become its most natural and native payment and settlement method."