Morocco is now North Africa's leading P2P crypto-tandels nation-
Morocco is now North Africa's leading P2P crypto-tandels nation-
In 2021, Morocco, which had previously announced measures to restrict the crypto trade, became North Africa leading crypto trade after its peer-to-peer trade volume (P2P) rose to $ 6 million.
Morocco in the top 4 Africa
In 2021, Morocco was a peer-to-peer crypto-volume of $ 6 million in order to be leading cryptocurrency trading according to the latest data from the crypto payment company Triplea North Africa. The data also show that only three African countries exceeded the Volumina of Morocco, including Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya.
In a breakdown of the global peer-to-peer-cryptopolitan statistics, TripleA research data shows that 2,4% of the Moroccan population or 878,168 people had cryptocurrencies in 2021. Only four African countries - Kenya (8.52 %), South Africa (7.11 %), Nigeria (6.31 %) and Ghana (3.01 %) - have higher proportions of their respective population who have crypto.
As mentioned in the research report, the interest in cryptocurrency in Morocco has increased despite the country's applicable regulations against the crypto handle, which the first goods in 2017.
"Moroccans are open to cryptocurrencies, whereby the peer-to-peer-bitcoin trade volume increases steadily over the years and reaches record heights of 2.18 million Moroccan Dirham in 2020," explains the report.
In addition, the report notes that the peer-to-peer trade volume in Morocco took place in one year when the Central Bank Bank-Al-Maghri (BAM) said that it would examine the advantages of introducing a digital currency.
Ukraine leads the pack
In the meantime, the results of the research platform show that Ukraine-in the 5,565,881 inhabitant Crypto-is the country with the highest concentration of crypto owners worldwide with 12.73 %. Russia is in second place with 11.91 %, Venezuela with 10.34 % in third and Kenya in fourth place.In terms of demography of the crypto ownership, Triplea found that 79 % of the owners are male and 21 % female. It was found that around 58 % of the owners of cryptocurrencies under 34 are worldwide. About 82 % have a bachelor's degree or higher, while 36 % have an annual income of more than $ 100,000.
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