Key Drivers and Market Growth Trends
Crypto has made extraordinary leaps over the past decade. Once on the fringes of finance, it has clawed for further legitimacy with every passing year. But 2025 has been the year it grew up. The space has started behaving like an industry instead of a revolution. Crypto isn’t shouting anymore. It’s speaking clearly, and the world’s listening.
What’s different this time is who’s in the room. According to Binance’s global user survey, 45% of active investors entered the crypto market in 2024. Another 25 percent joined in the first half of 2025. That means nearly half of all users today are newcomers, drawn not by hype but by stability and structure. And that’s what makes this year feel different: the wild energy’s still…