Value and share of cryptocurrency in consumer (B2C) transactions in global e-commerce from 2022 to 2024, with a 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 2030, 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.