On April 30, 2023, Pakistan’s Daybreak newspaper reported that banks have formally warned clients in opposition to utilizing debit or bank cards for crypto buying and selling. However Daybreak additionally stated that cryptocurrencies are gaining rising recognition within the nation with the annual buying and selling quantity for Pakistan-based wallets going as much as $25 billion, up from $18 billion to $20 billion a 12 months in the past, based on Zeeshan Ahmed, nation basic supervisor at Rain Monetary, a Gulf-based buying and selling platform for cryptocurrencies.