In the past few months a major inclination of Pakistan has been seen toward cryptocurrencies and in a most recent development it has been reported that the nation is ready to use its surplus power stash to facilitate Bitcoin mining.
A sudden change in the stance over crypto has been observed in Pakistan after the transition in the leadership of the nation and the formation of a separate council for cryptocurrencies.
Pakistan’s crypto head confirms intention to mine Bitcoin
On April 09, 2025, Reuters reported that Pakistan is now ready to use its surplus energy to support Bitcoin mining operations and AI data centers.
Available data argues that, total energy production in Pakistan is expected to reach 192.64 TWh in 2024 highest power was used by household followed industries, agriculture, commercial and others.
Bilal bin Saqib the head of Pakistan crypto council has also confirmed the changing stances of the government with plans to get involved in Bitcoin mining.
Some unnamed sources also claim that the government and officials of the nation are in close contact with leading Bitcoin and crypto mining companies in order to guide them to establish their operations in the nation.
It has been reported several times that Pakistan has been facing a severe issue of energy wastage resulting in severe losses.
Is the Pakistani crypto market growing at a pace never before?
Over the past few years the crypto market in Pakistan has continued to grow and is expected to reach 27.01 million by the end of 2025, around 16 million to 20 million currently have direct or indirect exposure to digital assets.
The average revenue of a user in Pakistan is expected to reach $59.9 in 2025 and is speculated to cross $100 by 2027; it is worth noting that Pursa, Binance, OKX, Cubix, Nowpayments and Redot Pay are some of the major companies leading their operations in the regions of Pakistan.
As per CoinMarketCap, PI coin, Bitcoin, Solana, Ethereum, XRP, Official Trump, Dogecoin and SUI, Bitcoin is at the top in terms of adoption and usage.
Crypto market price glimpse
Until publishing the crypto market cap was $2.59 trillion with a surge of 5.48% and the volume was $159.02 billion with an increase of 20.17%.
In intraday frame Bitcoin is up by 7.22% and is now exchanging hands at $81,696 however its market cap was below $2 trillion now at $1.62 trillion and trading volume was $70.29 billion.
The intraday gainers list has been ruled by Fartcoin which is at $0.7241 followed by Flare, Bittensor, AB, Hyperliquid, Render, Sonic, Hedera and Pendle, major losers are Zcash and Tezos.
