13% increase in cryptocurrency owners motivated by institutional adoption and political momentum
Singapore, February 20, 2025 – Crypto.com published its annual reporting report of the cryptography market, showing that the world owners of cryptocurrency increased by 13% in 2024 – from 583 million in January 2024 to 659 million in December 2024.
This increase was supported by an influx of institutional adoption of cryptography, in particular through Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) ETF which allowed investors for the first time to access and exposure to the negotiation of these digital assets. In addition, a positive impulse for pro-Crypto policies, in particular in the United States after Donald Trump’s victory in the American presidential election, sparked a significant positive change in the cryptocurrency market. This growth during the year was carried out by BTC owners increased by 13.1%, from 298 million in January to 337 million in December (representing 51.2% of the world owners of crypto), and the owners of the ETH developed from 13.6%, from 125 million January to 142 million in December (counting 21.7% of the world owners of crypto).
Crypto.com has also continued its significant growth in parallel with the notable increase in the adoption of cryptocurrency while the platform exceeded 100 million world users. Crypto.com’s growth has been highlighted by additional additional regulatory stages and permit, including full operational approval in Dubai, approval as a virtual asset service provider (Vasp) from the Irish Central Bank, approval to provide payment service (PSP) of the Bahrain Central Bank, etc. In addition, Crypto.com continued to direct innovation thanks to its product and services offers, highlighted thanks to the publication of the Crypto.com roadmap with the company’s expansion strategy in actions, banking services and cards.
“This last year has been incredibly significant for the crypto ecosystem, because it has solidified the basis for what should be an even more exponential growth to come,” said Kris Marszalek, co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com. “The crypto proved in 2024 that it is there to stay, and 2025 already promises to be a formidable year for industry.”
The results of the Crypto.com market dimensioning report are based on a combination of chain data with mixed parameters to estimate the number of global cryptocurrency owners. The complete dimensioning report of the Crypto.com Crypto.com cryptography market is available here. For more research and analyzes of Crypto.com, visit crypto.com/research.
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