Three Asian countries top global crypto take-up

Vietnam, India and Pakistan have the highest levels of cryptocurrency grassroots adoption globally particularly with use of decentralised finance (DeFi). Crypto data firm Chainanalysis report also placed Thailand twelfth and Philippines number 15 on its Global Crypto Adoption Index in their use of digital assets including bitcoin and ethereum . The driver was DeFi across the whole Central & Southern Asia and Oceania (CSAO) area, which the firm defines as Asia and Oceania, minus East Asian states such as China. DeFi activty “skyrockets” According to Chainanalysis research DeFi activity as a share of all transaction volumes "skyrockets" across CSAO starting…