Bitcoin and Dogecoin formed India’s most common cryptocurrency pairing across every investor age group during the second quarter of 2026. The finding comes from CoinSwitch’s latest India’s Crypto Portfolio report, released on August 20, 2026.
The study recorded clear differences in how age groups entered, traded, and built crypto portfolios. Younger users supplied most new accounts. Older users bought more often than they sold and spread their holdings across more assets.
The report tracked preferred pairs, account concentration, state investment shares, and trading times. It did not measure India’s full crypto market.
Bitcoin and Dogecoin Top Every Age Group
Bitcoin and Dogecoin ranked as the leading crypto combination in every measured age group. The result held despite differences in trading activity, portfolio size, and buying patterns among the groups.
Bitcoin and Shiba Inu placed next, followed by Dogecoin and Shiba Inu. Bitcoin and Ethereum ranked fourth. Preferences changed only for the fifth position.
The pairing analysis covered four age brackets: 18 to 25, 26 to 35, 36 to 45, and users aged 46 and above.
Investors aged 36 to 45 selected Dogecoin and XRP as their fifth most common combination. Meanwhile, the 26-to-35 and 46-plus groups preferred Dogecoin and Ethereum.
The report did not provide market-wide ownership figures for each asset. Instead, it examined activity recorded on CoinSwitch during Q2 2026. Therefore, the results do not cover investors using other exchanges or personal wallets.
Age Shapes Buying and Portfolio Choices
Investors aged 18 to 25 generated 54.4% of new users during the quarter. Those aged 26 to 35 contributed another 25.4%, placing most new participation below age 36.
Across all platform users, nearly three in four were 35 or younger. The new-user figures showed an even stronger youth concentration.
Still, the youngest group recorded a buy-to-sell ratio of 0.65. It was the only measured group where selling exceeded buying. Users aged 46 and above posted the highest ratio at 1.14, meaning purchases exceeded sales.
Portfolio breadth also changed with age. Among users aged 18 to 25, 59.2% held only one cryptocurrency. This share dropped to 36.3% for investors aged 36 to 45.
The 36-to-45 group also recorded the largest share of highly diversified accounts. About 9.1% of that cohort held at least 10 cryptocurrencies, according to the platform data.
CoinSwitch co-founder Ashish Singhal said, “Each market cycle brings in a new set of investors.” He added that users become “more informed and deliberate” over time.
Uttar Pradesh Retains the Largest Share
Uttar Pradesh accounted for 12.9% of investment recorded on CoinSwitch, the largest state share. Maharashtra followed with 12.4%, while Karnataka held 8.1% and Delhi accounted for 7.4%.
Bitcoin ranked first across nine of the 10 largest investing states. Andhra Pradesh provided the only exception, with Dogecoin taking the leading position there. The state also recorded the highest female participation among those markets, at 59.3%.
Trading patterns also varied by day and hour. Thursday drew the most activity, while Sunday had the least. The busiest hour ran from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Buying activity concentrated between 7 p.m. and midnight. Activity reached its lowest level between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. These figures describe user behaviour on one platform during one quarter, rather than India’s entire crypto market.
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