The Web3 industry is poised to exceed 5 billion cryptocurrency users, driven by improved blockchain usability and speculation anticipated during the next bull market cycle. At the end of 2025, there were about 659 million cryptocurrency holders, as noted by Crypto.com. Thomas Prévot, operations head at Crypto.com, stated during Waib Summit 2025 that the industry could achieve 5 billion users within a decade, equating to cryptocurrency being as widely accepted as credit cards today. He emphasized that significant mainstream adoption would occur after the next market recovery following a downturn. Reaching 1 billion users would indicate substantial acceptance of cryptocurrencies as an alternative payment system. Roy van Krimpen from OKX highlighted two pathways to this, either through retail price speculation, as seen in 2021, or via meaningful blockchain technology usage that requires more consumer behavioral changes. Chintan Turakhia of Coinbase also pointed to the importance of user-friendly blockchain applications to boost adoption.

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