Pakistan Formally Launches the Pakistan Crypto Council
Pakistan formally launched the Pakistan Crypto Council as a government-backed body for digital-asset policy, creating an institutional pathway that later fed into the country's Bitcoin-mining and reserve initiatives.
On March 14, 2025, Pakistan formally launched the Pakistan Crypto Council, a government-backed body intended to coordinate policy development around digital assets, blockchain infrastructure, and regulation.
The council's creation did not itself establish a Bitcoin reserve or legalize Bitcoin as money. It created a policy institution that could bring government agencies, financial officials, technologists, and industry participants into a common process for deciding how Pakistan would approach the sector.
That origin stage became more important in retrospect because the council soon became associated with proposals involving Bitcoin mining, surplus electricity, and a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. The March launch therefore marks the institutional beginning of a policy sequence that developed into more specifically Bitcoin-focused initiatives later in the spring.