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Whereas putting India on the prime, the Nation Crypto Adoption Index 2025 by TRM Labs notes that India’s rating is bolstered by its younger, crypto-fluent inhabitants, which a rising developer and institutional investor ecosystem ably helps.
“India’s place on the prime is probably going as a consequence of its giant, younger inhabitants’s rising curiosity in digital belongings, supported by a crypto-fluent center class and a thriving developer ecosystem. Curiosity in crypto as an asset class can be rising amongst institutional and high-net-worth traders, reinforcing India’s accelerating crypto adoption,” the report says.
The South Asia market, which has seen a mixed transaction quantity of $300 billion throughout the identical interval, has seen a considerable progress in retail funds and remittances via crypto.
The brand new report says that whereas the US has been at No. 2 in crypto adoption, it has cemented its place as the most important crypto market by registering a 50% progress in transaction quantity to over $1 trillion. It underscores the pro-crypto insurance policies of the President Donald Trump administration and the passage of the GENIUS Act as a catalyst for progress.
 
“Our evaluation means that the expansion that started organically in 2023 and 2024 has been strengthened and accelerated by a mix of political, regulatory, and structural elements. These structural shifts have opened the market to new members,” the TRM report says.
For Pakistan, which ranks No. 3 within the Nation Crypto Adoption Index 2025, the report says key coverage strikes embrace the institution of the Pakistan Crypto Council. It plans to place in place a devoted crypto regulator, the Pakistan Digital Property Regulatory Authority (PVARA), have performed a major function in boosting crypto adoption on the grassroots.
Bangladesh, which is positioned at No. 14 within the crypto adoption index, the report says, regardless of a ban on crypto actions, has seen surging crypto adoption via underground channels.
“… ongoing capital controls and restricted entry to overseas change have made crypto a horny choice for people in search of options to conventional monetary methods, the report says.
The TRM Labs crypto adoption index mirrors Chainalysis’ 2025 World Adoption Index, launched in early September, which ranked India, the US, and Pakistan in first, second, and third place, respectively.
