Pakistan has launched the Pakistan Digital Assets Authority (PDAA) to regulate the digital asset market, attract foreign investment, and set rules for trading digital currencies.
The PDAA will oversee sectors like exchanges, custodians, wallets, tokenized platforms, stablecoins, and decentralized finance (DeFi) applications to provide transparency and security to investors and consumers.
Changpeng Zhao, co-founder of Binance, has joined the Pakistan Crypto Council as a strategic adviser to guide regulatory changes, aiming to support digital asset adoption while enhancing economic inclusion and innovation.
The PDAA is expected to impact Pakistan's economy significantly by supervising the estimated $25 billion informal crypto market, supporting tokenization of national assets, and utilizing Bitcoin mining operations to monetize surplus electricity.