2026 APAC Crypto Infrastructure Map Report

Builder Sentiment & Market Readiness Across the Region

Last year, APAC led global growth in on-chain transaction volume. Over that same period however, its most established hubs steadily raised their barriers to entry. That tension defines this report: market enthusiasm is abundant, but institutional access remains gated, and conflating the two, distorts any meaningful benchmark.

ARC and Preferences AI have created a proprietary Builder Sentiment Index designed to untangle that dynamic by evaluating two distinct dimensions. The first is belief: how founders expect their sector to perform over the coming year. The second is capability: whether teams on the ground can actually secure a licence, open a corporate bank account, raise capital, hire talent, and partner with local institutions.

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