Crypto market size in B2C e-commerce payments worldwide 2024, with forecast for 2026
Consumers do not see crypto as an important payment method for online shopping in 2026, according to a forecast on crypto transactions. Even though the source predicts growth between 2022 and 2026, the market size of cryptocurrencies as a B2C - or P2B, as the source describes it - method will be less than *** percent of global e-commerce transaction value. This relatively slow growth occurs elsewhere too: Crypto transactions within payment gateways will grow at a CAGR of nearly ** percent between 2022 and 2029. The source adds that eight out of 10 respondents held cryptocurrencies purely for investments, as opposed to ** percent who stated they used crypto for shopping. The most popular product to buy with crypto in 2022 was not fashion or electronics, but mobile data.
