CZ Admits He Doubted RWA and Stablecoins — Both Proved Him Wrong Fast!

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao admitted in a May 9, 2026 interview with Crypto In America that he was once skeptical of two of crypto's fastest-growing sectors. RWA tokenization, which only emerged as a serious narrative roughly 18 months ago, has already scaled into a meaningful market. Stablecoins, which CZ doubted a decade ago, are now a $200 billion industry.

The admission carries weight precisely because of who's making it. CZ has been one of the most influential operators in crypto for years — when he says a sector surprised him on the upside, it's a signal worth noting for investors still underweighting these categories.

He also invoked SpaceX as a frame: mature technologies can still unlock entirely new opportunity sets. His read is that crypto is at a similar inflection — the infrastructure is proven, and the next wave of adoption is just beginning to compound.