Deep潮 TechFlow News, January 16, According to Decrypt, the latest report from Chainalysis shows that the cryptocurrency economy in Iran will reach approximately $7.8 billion in 2025, a significant increase compared to the previous year. During the large-scale protests and internet restrictions at the end of December last year, there was a surge in activity where people withdrew Bitcoin from exchanges to personal wallets, making it their preferred safe-haven asset.

The report also points out that addresses associated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps accounted for over 50% of the country's total cryptocurrency received value by the end of 2025, indicating that state-level actors are leveraging digital assets to evade sanctions. In an economic environment with inflation rates reaching 40%-50%, cryptocurrencies have become an essential tool for Iranians to cope with financial repression and currency instability.