CZ Pushes Tokenization, Says It Could Help Attract Global Investments
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) posted on X today, August 21, 2026, and stated that tokenization could become a crucial way for nations and organizations to appeal for investment. This is done so by allowing tokenized stocks and other assets to reach the investors across the globe. Zhao argued that tokenization could help countries raise money through direct global investment by supporting access across different blockchains.
The remarks come as tokenized real-world assets continue to gain traction, with BNB Chain reporting a stark rise in RWA holders. The comments also come as Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pushes for comprehensive tokenized equity access and better U.S. crypto rules. This adds to the rising focus on tokenization as a practical use case for blockchain technology.
CZ’s Belief that Tokenization Could Attract Foreign Investment
As per CZ’s post, tokenization could help nations and organizations in a way to provide tokenized stocks to stakeholders around the globe. He questioned: which organization or nation would not want to make its tokenized stocks feasible to a worldwide investor base?
Presenting tokenization as a mechanism for attracting foreign capital, CZ’s remarks were made in the context of a comprehensive discussion around how tokenization could extend access to financial assets. Rather than creating entirely new investment products, tokenization can put present assets such as stocks onto blockchain-based infrastructure, potentially allowing them to reach a comprehensive pool of investors.
Zhao also said he supports tokenization across all blockchains rather than backing up a single network. He said that this approach could create a fragmented liquidity problem because tokenized versions of assets may seize across separate blockchain ecosystems. However, CZ argued that greater interoperability between different issuers could help deal with some of that fragmentation. If tokenized assets can interact more easily across different networks, liquidity may become less fragmented with expansion.
The approach reflects a broader view that competition between multiple blockchain networks could boost tokenization rather than slowing it down. The issue, however, will be ensuring that assets issued across several networks can remain compatible for stakeholders and markets for better interaction.
BNB Chain Reports Rise in RWA Holders as Tokenization Gains Tokenization
The discussion comes amidst BNB Chain’s report, which depicts a sharp rise in the number of real-world asset holders on its network. As per a post on BNB Chain on X, the number of RWA holders reached 776,000, representing an increase of approximately 370% in 30 days.
The growth provides a market backdrop to CZ’s comment, showing that interest in blockchain-based representations of real-world assets is expanding. The increase does not by itself establish that tokenization has solved liquidity or interchangeability challenges, but it emphasizes the growing number of users participating in RWA-related blockchain activity.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong also weighed in on the comparative tokenization trend. As per his X post, Coinbase has already launched tokenized equities outside the U.S., while he pointed to the recent regulatory developments in the SEC and said that the U.S. Senate should pass the Clarity Act in the fall. Armstrong described tokenization as one of crypto’s most crucial and potential real-world use cases. His comments place the push for tokenized assets alongside the wider effort to build clearer regulations for virtual assets in the U.S.
CZ said, however, the opportunity extends beyond one country or blockchain. His support for tokenization across several networks suggests that a niche should be developed through competing platforms, even if that initially creates fragmented liquidity.
As tokenized stocks and other real-world assets gain adoption, interchangeability between networks could become increasingly necessary. If different issuers and blockchains can get stronger interchangeability, tokenization could move closer to CZ’s ambition of a global investment market where organizations and countries can reach stakeholders across borders through blockchain-based assets.
