Signal Cryptoasset market capitalisation about 3.1 trillion dollars in May 2025

Summary

According to the report, the cryptoasset market began to take shape around late 2013. Its total market capitalisation has grown since then, reaching about 3.1 trillion US dollars in May 2025. There are at least 500 million cryptoasset users worldwide, and large financial firms have started to adopt blockchain technology and cryptoassets. The report explains that cryptoassets such as Bitcoin, Ether and Tether rest on blockchain structures. Their complexity, transaction anonymity and limited regulation have, however, opened new routes for illicit finance such as money laundering and sanctions evasion. Consumer cryptoassets also lack the legal protection of the traditional banking system, leaving funds far more exposed to hacks and bankruptcies.