Crypto adoption reaches new milestones-global crypto owners achieved 425 million-featured in 20222 million

Crypto adoption reaches new milestones-global crypto owners achieved 425 million-featured in 20222 million

The introduction of crypto achieved new milestones in 2022, with the number of crypto owners reaching 425 million in the course of the year, as a new report by Crypto.com shows. In addition, the report shows that the number of Bitcoin owners reached 219 million in December, while the number of ether owners reached 87 million.

Introduction of cryptocurrencies reaches new milestones

crypto.com has published a target = "_ blank" href = "https://crypto.com/reesearch/2022-crypto-market-sizing report" Rel = "noopener"> test report with the title "Crypto Market Sizing" for the year 2022 last week. The company explained that its analysis on a combination of Bitcoin and Ethereum-on-Chain data, survey analysis and its own internal data is building up.

In terms of the total number of global crypto owners, the company's research and insights team wrote that "despite macroeconomic headwind", namely high inflation, the conflict in Europe, interruptions of the supply chain and the persistent effects of the Covid-19 pandemy:

The introduction of crypto in 2022 reached new milestones, with the number of crypto owners reaching 425 million (December 2022).

The total number of crypto owners worldwide rose by 39 % from 306 million to 425 million in the course of the year.

The report also emphasizes the number of Bitcoin and Ethereum owners and states:

bitcoin ( Bitcoin ) owner grew by 20 % from 183 million in January, which 52 % of the worldwide owners corresponds.

The strongest growth for Bitcoin ownership in 2022 took place in April when the Central African Republic (Car) was the second country, which then introduced cryptocurrency as a legal means of payment El Salvador , the report states. In addition, global investment bank Goldmann Sachs Month showed "further signs of an increased interest in crypto from Wall Street Institutions," explained the research team of Crypto.com.

meanwhile "Ethereum ( eth ) grew from 263 % in January in December, which 20 % of the global owners Moving, ”continues the report and adds that“ the main catalyst for the high adoption growth rate of Ethereum The Merge ”. In addition, the research team pointed out that "the monthly growth rates of Ethereum were higher all year round than that of Bitcoin, except in April".

Another company that recently estimated the number of global crypto owners is Triple A. The company wrote: "From 2023 we estimated the global crypto ownership rates to an average of 4.2 %, with over 420 million crypto users worldwide."

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Kevin Helms

As a student of Austrian economics, Kevin Bitcoin discovered in 2011 and has been an evangelist ever since. His interests lie in Bitcoin security, open source systems, network effects and the interface between economy and cryptography.

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