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|3 min ReadCrypto’s next name: capitalism 2.0, not Web 3.0
Maya Chen
Senior Analyst
Published
Jan 16, 2026
A louder idea than Web 3.0
Mert Mumtaz, CEO of Helius, says crypto is not “Web 3.0.” He says it is capitalism 2.0. He points to the core parts of a free market. Open information. Immutable property rights. Clean incentives. Transparency. Frictionless capital flows. All supercharged by blockchains.
Mumtaz said the endgame is simple. Crypto evolves the most impactful human invention of all time. Capitalism. His message is direct. Call it what it is. Treat it with the weight it deserves.
Regulators move toward always-on markets
September brought a signal from Washington. The SEC and CFTC issued a joint statement that explores 24 to 7 capital markets in the United States. That would be a seismic break from the old playbook. Markets today stop at night. They close on weekends and holidays. Some assets already ignore the clock. Foreign exchange. Gold. Crypto. Regulators are acknowledging that reality.
The agencies also flagged paths to modernize rules. Frameworks for perpetual futures contracts. Those are futures with no expiry date. Rules for event prediction markets. Clearer rails to pull traditional assets into internet capital markets. The goal is simple. Align U.S. market structure with a global, always-on economy.
Tokenization pulls TradFi on chain
This shift does not live in theory. It lives in tokenization. That means wrapping real assets as tokens and moving them on blockchains. Stocks. Fiat money as stablecoins. Private credit. Bonds. Art and collectibles. Even real estate. Each can trade on digital rails with faster settlement and cleaner ownership.
The Solana Foundation set a 2027 roadmap to build internet capital markets. Companies and financial firms are rolling out tokenized products. Robinhood introduced tokenized stock trading in July for European users. Related ideas are spreading across regions. Tokenization could unlock capital markets growth in Latin America.
Here is the blueprint. Vision from operators like Mumtaz. Regulators who are studying 24 to 7 markets. Builders who are shipping tokenized assets now. The result is a faster, cleaner version of capitalism.
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