A report published on Dec. 4 by Bitcoin (BTC) fund operator Grayscale suggests that 43% of investors interested in Bitcoin are women. The study involved 1,100 United States investors of ages between 25 and 64 surveyed between March 28 and April 3, 2019. All the respondents were involved in personal investing and held at least $10,000 in investable assets with at least $50,000 in household income. Bitcoin not as male-dominated as believed? As the report points out, cryptocurrencies are believed to be a predominantly male space. Additionally, GoogleAnalytics suggests that over 90% of Bitcoin community engagement is male. But the …

When thinking of countries that are ahead of the curve in crypto adoption, Turkey might not be the first place that springs to mind. However, Statistica's Global Consumer Survey for 2019 shows that a fifth Turkish residents are acquainted with crypto and have been exposed to it in some form or another. If the figures are true, 20% is the highest proportion of all the countries in the world. Flying under the radar, Turkey has undoubtedly become a crypto giant, and with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently announcing that testing of the digital lira is to be finalized in 2020, …

73% of leading global banks have claimed that central bank digital currencies (CBDC) should be available “under all circumstances” in a new study. “CBDC will substitute much more easily for cash” According to a joint report conducted by tech giant IBM and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), global central banks now admit that CBDCs would be a good substitute for cash in some use cases such as point of sale merchants with a network connection. Released on Oct. 29, the study “Retail CBDCs: The next payments frontier” involves banks from 13 advanced economies and 10 emerging markets …

The number of Americans who own cryptocurrencies has almost doubled in 2019, from 7.95% in 2018 to 14.4%, according to a new survey by Finder. 36.5 million Americans own crypto Finder, an Australia-based financial services firm, has surveyed 2,068 Americans to figure out that 36.5 million people in the United States own some form of crypto to date. Titled “A rising number of Americans own crypto,” the survey was released on Oct. 14, as Finder tweeted. Average $5,447 holdings versus $360 median amount According to the survey, the average amount out of the totally owned crypto by Americans accounts for …

Almost half of all people working in the blockchain industry are employed by cryptocurrency exchanges, new research from industry-focused publication The Block reveals. The Block published the research results on Oct. 23, stating that 42% of people at 158 analyzed companies work for digital currency exchanges, with around 7,700 people combined working at 30 different exchanges. Crypto exchanges are followed by crypto mining equipment producers, comprising 11% of blockchain industry employees. 10% of the surveyed employees work for various cryptocurrency governing foundations, with Ripple, TRON, Block.one and IOHK being the largest employers in that sector. Out of the analyzed 158 …

Most Europeans believe cryptocurrencies can be spent in most stores, according to the results of a survey conducted by ING Bank and published on Sept. 18. Crypto can be spent in most stores? The survey, which saw 15,000 Europeans from 15 different countries answer questions about crypto, revealed that 51% of the respondents believe cryptocurrencies can be spent in most stores. Cryptocurrency, of course, is not accepted at most stores unless you are in a “Bitcoin city” like Arnhem, the Netherlands, for example, or somewhere in Japan. Crypto-friendly store map website CoinMap currently shows that there are 15,430 brick-and-mortar locations …

An online survey by banking giant ING finds that Austrians are the most skeptical of Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies in general. The poll, including respondents from 15 countries, shows that Bitcoin-positivity is also weakening in other countries, according to Der Standard, Aug. 14. The worst and getting worse Austrians are generally conservative on investments, but on cryptocurrency they are very skeptical, with only 13% seeing digital currencies in a positive light. Attitudes towards cryptocurrency worsened since last year’s survey. This year, 17% of Austrians think that cryptocurrency is the future of digital payments compared to 20% last year. Additionally, only …

Just 2% of Americans trust Facebook’s Libra more than major cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC), according to a recent survey by CivicScience. United States-based polling company CivicScience recently conducted a survey of 1,799 American adults to find out the general trends and public concerns over Facebook’s not-yet-launched cryptocurrency Libra. According to research results released on July 22, at least 40% of respondents claimed that they trusted Libra less than Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies such as Ether (ETH) and XRP. 35% stressed that they trust Libra much less than Bitcoin, according to the study. 39% of respondents stated that they were unsure regarding …

Generation Z does not plan to buy cryptocurrency, according to the results of a survey conducted by Business Insider released on July 5. Per the report, SurveyMonkey Audience partner Cint surveyed 1,884 U.S. residents between ages 13 to 21 to learn the opinions Generation Z. The survey participants were asked how likely they were to purchase cryptocurrency in the next six months, and over 52% answered: “not at all.” Furthermore, only 5% answered “extremely likely,” 6% “very likely,” 15% “somewhat likely,” and 17% “not so likely,” while 4% gave different, unspecified answers. Still, while the results of the survey have …

A new survey by Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab introduced on June 17th revealed that 19% of people globally have purchased cryptocurrency. The survey, titled “The Kaspersky Cryptocurrency Report 2019,” was carried out in October and November 2018, with a total of 13,434 respondents in 22 countries. According to the report, 81% of global population have never purchased cryptocurrencies, while only 10% of respondents said they “fully understand how cryptocurrencies work.” Meanwhile, just 14% of those who haven’t ever used cryptocurrencies would like to do so in the future, the report notes. Key findings of The Kaspersky Cryptocurrency Report 2019. …

Almost 12% of crypto holders are long-term investors, according to a survey shared with Cointelegraph on May 13 by HBUS, the operator of United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Huobi. The company reportedly surveyed 1,067 American participants between March and April this year, finding that 19.58% of people with an income higher than $99,000 per year are actively holding cryptocurrency. Still, people earning between $125,000 and $149,000 are the most likely to invest in crypto assets, according to the survey. The report also claims that in 2018, 8% of the respondents invested in crypto, while the portion grew to 20% in 2019, …

United States-based asset management firm Fidelity Investments released the results of a survey showing that 22% of institutional investors already own digital assets, in a press release published on May 2. The release claims that the firm surveyed 411 U.S. institutional investors among which 40% of respondents said that they are open to future investments in digital assets in the next five years. Furthermore, almost half (47%) of respondents said that they see a place for digital assets in their investment portfolios. Most investors (72%) prefer to buy crypto investment products, while 57% prefer to buy crypto assets directly and …