Mer än en tredjedel av Afrikas 53 Miljoner kryptoägare kommer från Nigeria, Studieshower

Med en uppskattning 53 miljoner kryptovalutaägare, den afrikanska kontinenten står nu för 16.5% av den globala summan, en studie har funnit. Studiens resultat tyder på att Nigeria, som har mer än 22 miljoner kryptoägare, currently accounts for more than a third of the continent’s total number of holders.

Nigeria Accounts for Over a Third of Africa’s Crypto Owners

According to Triple A’s latest crypto ownership data, the African continent now has an estimated 53 miljoner kryptovalutaägare. This constitutes about 16.5% of the estimated global total of 320 miljon. Out of all the crypto holders in Africa, Nigeria accounts for over a third of the total, or just over 22 miljon.

Globalt, Nigeria has the fourth-highest number of crypto owners, while the United States is the top-ranked country, med 46 million cryptocurrency holders. According to the data, India and Pakistan are the next top-ranked countries with 27.4 million and 26.4 million crypto owners respectively.

Nigerian Bitcoin and Crypto Internet Searches the Highest Globally

While Nigeria is ranked fourth in terms of crypto ownership, the country is nonetheless seen as the world leader when it comes to the “number of people searching for ‘bitcoin’ and ‘crypto’ keywords on Google.” These findings are seemingly backed by the findings of another study, som suggested that Nigeria is the country most obsessed with cryptocurrencies.

Under tiden, Triple A’s data shows that South Africa is the African country with the next highest population of cryptocurrency holders at 7.7 miljon. This figure constitutes nearly 12.5% of South Africa’s population. Kenya has the third largest population of crypto owners in Africa, med 6.1 million or 11.6% of the country’s population.

Completing Africa’s top five countries with the highest number of crypto owners are Eygpt and Tanzania which have 2.37 million and 2.32 million holders respectively. Seychelles, which has an estimated 1,257 kryptoägare, is the lowest-ranked African country.

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Terence Zimwara

Terence Zimwara är en Zimbabwes prisbelönt journalist, författare och författare. Han har skrivit mycket om de ekonomiska problemen i vissa afrikanska länder samt hur digitala valutor kan ge afrikaner en flyktväg.

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