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Former hedge fund manager and crypto advocate Raoul Pal believes global crypto adoption is accelerating at a historic pace. Sharing data on X, Pal compared crypto wallet growth to the early spread of the internet, noting that the industry has already surpassed 659 million users by the end of 2024. This marks a 137% annual increase over the past nine years, far outpacing the internet’s early adoption rate.
Pal forecasts crypto users could reach 1 billion by 2030 and possibly 4 billion by the same year, equal to one-eighth of the world’s population. He also predicts the sector’s market capitalization could exceed $100 trillion by 2032, driven by currency debasement and rapid adoption.
Despite his bullish outlook, skeptics on X warned that wallet numbers may not reflect real adoption, since individuals and projects often create multiple wallets. Pal countered that IP addresses work similarly. Independent reports from Triple-A and Andreessen Horowitz estimate 560 million to 660 million current users, with 30–60 million active monthly.
