Crypto market size in B2C e-commerce payments worldwide 2022, 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 0.5 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 17 percent between 2022 and 2029. The source adds that eight out of 10 respondents held cryptocurrencies purely for investments, as opposed to 18 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.