Finder, the data analyst and consulting company released a few days ago, relevant metrics regarding the adoption of cryptocurrencies globally. In Latin America, countries such as Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico were the most prominent according to data from this consultancy.
First, It should be noted that the Finder data in its report were obtained using the three-month moving average composed of responses collected from people from 26 different countries between the months of May and July 2022, a period within which, according to Finder, 217,947 responses were received. .
global adoption
First, We have the global crypto adoption metric where Venezuela appeared with a wide result (18%) that took it to the eighth position in the table, and to be the first country in Latin America with the highest level of crypto adoption in the region.
India appears as the country, according to Finder, with the highest adoption of cryptocurrencies globally with a percentage of 29%, and with respect to the other Latin American countries, Brazil follows Venezuela in ninth position and with just 17%, Colombia is in twelfth place with 15%, while Argentina and Mexico are in 15th and 16th position with 13% both.
The biggest owners of Bitcoin
Another of the metrics to be evaluated by Finder was the level of adoption specifically of Bitcoin in the various countries that were surveyed. In the first place, it should be noted that according to the published report, El Salvador was not considered, thus resulting in this table being led by Australia (60%), followed by four African countries such as Ghana (54%), South Africa (52%), Kenya (49%), Nigeria (47%).
In this table, Latin American countries were not protagonists compared to other countries since Brazil barely appeared in eighteenth position with 31% adoptionfollowed by Argentina with 30%, Venezuela (28%) ranked 22nd, Colombia (27%) 23rd, and Mexico the last place with just 23%.
Likewise, it should also be noted that of the Latin American countries surveyed, Venezuela appeared as the country with the least adoption of Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, since it occupied the last place in these tables with 13% in the adoption of Ether, 13% Doge, and 9 % From ada.
Men have more than women
On the other hand, according to Finder, there is a huge gap in crypto adoption between men and women. Of those who own cryptocurrencies, an average of 36% are women compared to 64% who are men. Norway, which leads this table, has the widest gap, with 74% of people who own cryptocurrencies being men. On the other side are Colombia and Vietnam with a smaller difference between the sexes: 56% of men, 44% of women.
With respect to the other Latin American countries, Argentina and Venezuela have a wider gap: 62% for men, 38% for women. For its part, Brazil had 60% for men and 40% for women, while Mexico obtained 59% for men and 41% for women.
It’s not a matter of ages
Finally, it is also worth mentioning that according to the Finder report, young adults between 18 and 34 years of age are the largest holders of cryptocurrencies, and for Latin American countries this trend was not different since the one with the lowest percentage of owners among this age range was Venezuela with 41%, and Argentina the highest with 46%.
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