Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said crypto may be entering a new phase shaped by AI agents, tokenized real-world assets, stablecoins and a more favorable U.S. regulatory backdrop, according to NewsBTC, CoinDesk and CryptoTimes. Speaking at Consensus Miami and on ARK Invest’s FYI, CZ floated a possible revival of Binance.US as one way to restore U.S. access to global crypto liquidity, CoinDesk reports. He argued that institutional participation in the U.S. has accelerated and called the policy shift a “180 degree turn,” per NewsBTC. CZ also suggested BNB Chain could be a preferred payments rail for automated transactions between AI agents, and warned that payments adoption has lagged earlier expectations, per NewsBTC and CoinDesk.