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Whereas putting India on the high, 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 high is probably going resulting from its giant, younger inhabitants’s rising curiosity in digital property, 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 by way of 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 bolstered and accelerated by a mixture of political, regulatory, and structural components. These structural shifts have opened the market to new individuals,” the TRM report says.
For Pakistan, which ranks No. 3 within the Nation Crypto Adoption Index 2025, the report says key coverage strikes embody 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 big position 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 by way of underground channels.
“… ongoing capital controls and restricted entry to overseas trade have made crypto a sexy choice for people looking for alternate options to conventional monetary methods, the report says.
The TRM Labs crypto adoption index mirrors Chainalysis’ 2025 International Adoption Index, launched in early September, which ranked India, the US, and Pakistan in first, second, and third place, respectively.
