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Binance co-founder announced negotiations with “a dozen countries” on asset tokenization, 2026/01/22 15:10:23
Changpeng Zhao, co-founder and main owner of Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, said he is in talks with “about a dozen governments” about asset tokenization.
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Zhao did not name any specific country. According to him, the tokenization of real assets owned by the state, that is, their transfer into tokens on the blockchain, will make it possible to attract financing by offering residents of the country or corporate investors shares of state property – similar to the privatization of national companies.
“In this way, the government can first receive financial benefits, and then use these funds to develop economic sectors,” the businessman said, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Earlier on social networks, Zhao mentioned negotiations on tokenization with the governments of Pakistan, Malaysia and Kyrgyzstan. The former Soviet republic last year launched a stablecoin pegged to its national currency (the soma), and also announced plans to create a stablecoin backed by the US dollar and backed by a $300 million gold reserve.
According to the co-founder of Binance, it is beneficial for states to develop tokens against the backdrop of the ongoing convergence of traditional fiat money and cryptocurrencies. This happens thanks to digital bridges that allow you to pay with crypto cards directly in stores: digital currency is debited from the user’s wallet, and the business receives regular fiat money.
A truly mass cryptocurrency will become with the development of artificial intelligence, since blockchain is a natural interface for AI agents, Zhao is sure. With a high probability, when the AI starts making purchases and paying for services, the neural networks will pay in digital currencies.
Zhao previously promised that in the next three to four years, Binance Cards will allow people to “spend fiat while automatically saving stablecoins or bitcoins in the background.”
