Geopolitical instability in key regions heightens oil market volatility, 
complicating diplomatic efforts and impacting global economic stability.
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Escalating tensions in Hormuz, Lebanon impact oil market outlook

Cloudflare&#8217;s slower growth and rising AI costs may signal broader challenges 
for tech firms balancing innovation with profitability.
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Cloudflare forecasts slower growth, disappointing AI-focused investors

BlackRock&#8217;s move could centralize stablecoin reserve management, potentially 
amplifying systemic risks if operational issues arise.
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BlackRock plans to launch two tokenized money-market funds for stablecoin investors

The truce and prisoner exchange may ease tensions temporarily, but lasting 
peace requires sustained international mediation and cooperation.
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Russia and Ukraine agree to three-day truce and prisoner exchange around Victory Day

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said crypto may be entering a new phase shaped 
by AI agents, tokenized real-world assets, stablecoin competition and a more 
favorable regulatory backdrop in the United States. Speaking on ARK Invest’s 
FYI podcast with Cathie Wood and Lorenzo Valente, CZ argued that the industry 
is moving faster than many traditional financial firms may be prepared for. CZ 
said some parts of crypto have developed differently than he expected. 
Payments, in his view, have been slower to reach mainstream use, even as 
crypto cards have made digital assets easier to spend indirectly. By contrast, 
institutional participation in the US has accelerated faster than expected, 
helped by what he described as a “180 degree turn” in the country’s crypto 
stance. “I was very surprised by the 180 degree turn in the US,” CZ said. “I 
think this speaks to the strength of the constitution, right? So you can 
change presidents every four years and then even if there’s a period where 
there’s a suppressive regime, you can change pretty quickly.” He argued that 
the previous US regulatory environment pushed many builders away from utility- 
focused applications and toward memecoins, leaving the market with fewer 
strong new crypto products than he would have expected. With a more pro-crypto 
policy backdrop, he said the industry could begin filling that gap. AI Agents 
And Stablecoins Could Drive New Crypto Demand One of CZ’s strongest claims 
centered on the overlap between crypto and artificial intelligence. He said AI 
agents are likely to transact far more frequently than humans and will 
naturally favor crypto rails over slower traditional systems. Related Reading: 
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Price “AI agents are going to transact 10,000 times more transactions than 
humans can do,” CZ said. “And AI is going to use crypto. They’re not going to 
use Swift or Visa cards.” He also said AI could accelerate crypto development 
itself, from application design to wallet security and blockchain performance. 
While he stopped short of saying AI can already replace developers entirely, 
he said the technology can “assist dramatically in the speed of writing code.” 
Stablecoins were another area where CZ said the market exceeded his early 
expectations. He described them as initially appearing to be a temporary 
bridge for traders seeking fiat-pegged value during volatile periods. Instead, 
stablecoins have become one of the central components of crypto market 
structure. CZ said he personally believes stablecoin issuers should be able to 
pass yield to users, though he acknowledged regulatory resistance in some 
markets. He also argued that stablecoin issuers and crypto exchanges should 
preserve one-to-one reserves rather than replicate the fractional-reserve 
model used by banks. “Crypto exchanges, stablecoin issuers should maintain 
one-to-one peg and it should maintain 100% reserve,” he said. “But there are 
ways to generate yield even when you do that. And then for those yield that we 
generate, I actually encourage companies to pass that to their users.” 
Tokenized Assets Ant The “Everything Exchange” CZ also pointed to the rapid 
growth of tokenized traditional assets on crypto exchanges. He said Binance 
had listed gold roughly two months earlier and had already become “the largest 
gold trading venue outside of the traditional markets,” with gold representing 
about 10% of the platform’s futures trading volume. Binance has also listed 
oil, which he described as part of a broader convergence between traditional 
finance and crypto venues. The former Binance CEO said he now expects 
exchanges to compete toward becoming “everything exchanges,” covering crypto, 
commodities, prediction markets and potentially other asset classes. He said 
Coinbase and other platforms are likely to pursue similar strategies. Related 
Reading: $150M Crypto Ponzi Crumbles: $41.5M Frozen In DSJ Exchange Collapse 
“I think everyone wants to be the everything exchange,” CZ said. “Binance 
trades oil and gold now, which I didn’t see even a year ago. I think Coinbase 
most likely will do the same thing and then other exchanges will do the same 
thing.” At the same time, CZ said the balance between centralized and 
decentralized exchanges remains unresolved. If crypto adoption expands quickly 
among less technical users, centralized platforms could benefit first. If 
self-custody tools become easier and safer, decentralized exchanges may grow 
faster. CZ Remains Optimistic on Bitcoin Asked about Bitcoin’s market outlook, 
CZ said two forces are currently in tension: the historical four-year cycle 
and a more supportive backdrop from equities, institutions and geopolitical 
uncertainty. He said Bitcoin’s decline into 2026 fits the cycle pattern, but 
argued that institutional ETF participation could stabilize the market because 
large allocators tend to move slowly and hold for years. “I’m hoping that the 
worst part is over,” CZ said, while adding that his comments were not 
financial advice. For markets, the broader message was clear: CZ sees crypto’s 
next phase as less narrowly defined by native tokens alone. In his view, AI 
transactions, stablecoin incentives, tokenized assets and Wall Street’s 
adoption of blockchain rails could all become central battlegrounds in the 
next cycle. At press time, the total crypto market cap stood at $ Featured 
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Binance Founder CZ Sees Major Changes Ahead For Crypto

The surge in tokenized stocks on BNB Chain highlights a shift towards 
decentralized finance, potentially reshaping corporate treasury strategies.
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