"Virtual asset users to approach 4 billion within 5 years"

A claim has emerged that by 2030 global virtual asset (cryptocurrency) users could approach 4 billion.

On the 1st (local time), Raoul Pal, CEO of Real Vision, said via X (formerly Twitter), "By 2030, global virtual asset users could reach 4 billion," saying "a much faster rate than the increase in internet users." According to the data, virtual asset users grew at an average annual rate of 137% over the past nine years. Meanwhile, the internet showed an average annual growth rate of 76%.

Furthermore, he expected the market capitalization of virtual assets to reach 100 trillion dollars. Currently, according to CoinMarketCap, the market cap of virtual assets is about 3.74 trillion dollars. Raoul Pal projected, "Global adoption and inflation will play a major role in virtual asset growth," and "the market capitalization of virtual assets will exceed 100 trillion dollars within the next 10 years."