CZ: Bullish on Tokenization, Payments, and AI as Key Future Directions

Odaily News CZ stated during a panel discussion titled "A New Era for Finance" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, "The overall scale of trading platforms is already larger than last year. Currently, the crypto industry has two mature sectors: trading platforms and stablecoins. Looking ahead, I am optimistic about three new directions:

First, tokenization is a very important direction. By tokenizing certain assets, governments can actually address financial issues more efficiently, enhance the operational efficiency of the financial system, and thereby promote the development of related industries and trading markets.

Second is payments. In the past, we also experimented with crypto payments, but frankly, not many people actually used them. However, a trend is now emerging: traditional payment methods are integrating with crypto technology. For example, users complete payments using cards like Visa or Mastercard, funds are deducted from their accounts, merchants receive fiat currency, while settlement and bridging are handled via stablecoins and blockchain in the background. This model is gradually being implemented and will certainly develop in the future.

The third direction is artificial intelligence (AI). He believes that the "native currency" for AI Agents should naturally be cryptocurrency, and blockchain is currently the most suitable native technological interface for AI Agents to use. Today's AI is not yet a true Agent; they cannot buy flight tickets, book restaurants, or directly complete payments for you. But once AI truly possesses the capability to act and transact, cryptocurrency will become its most natural and native method for payment and settlement.