Pakistan has become one of the biggest cryptocurrency adopters in the world, with the country standing alongside India and Vietnam to drive the rise of the Asian-Pacific as a digital asset center, as revealed by the 2025 Global Crypto Adoption Index. The report considers 151 countries based on the combination of the population size, purchasing power and transaction patterns and assigns countries a score of 0 to 1 with a higher score indicating the country becoming more adopted.
APAC reported a 69 percent growth in blockchain-related transactions in the year ending June 2025, and total volume is expected to increase to $2.36 trillion by that time, up by $1.4 trillion. Both centralized and decentralized network activity were led by Pakistan, India and Vietnam. In Latin America it was 63 percent growth, Sub-Saharan Africa was 52 percent, North America was 49 percent, Europe was 42 percent and MENA was 33 percent, all showing the increasing use of crypto in remittances, payments and cross-border dealings, particularly in the Global South.
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There was also a wave in stablecoins, with USDT and USDC taking the lead as newer currencies such as EURC and PYUSD rose in popularity. Due to Mastercard, Visa, and Stripe allowing the use of digital currencies, as well as the interest of large banks, the pace of institutional adoption increased. Bitcoin was the major access point with inflows worth 4.6 trillion, then Layer 1 tokens, stablecoins and altcoins.
The 2025 Index highlights the role of Pakistan as a driving force to global cryptocurrency development, affirming its contribution to APAC development and the overall move to emerging markets.
