Nigeria, Malaysia and Australia have the highest adoption rates, while Japan lags behind.
A new survey suggests that 11.4% of adults worldwide own cryptocurrencies, with Nigeria, Malaysia and Australia having the highest adoption rates.
At the other end of the scale, only 4.6% of Japanese adults have been exposed to digital assets.
According to Finder, 24.2% of Nigeria’s online population has invested in at least one digital asset, with Malaysia at 18% and Australia at 17.8%.
Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, the Philippines, Mexico and the United States make up the top 10.
Finder’s research also analyzed the areas where cryptocurrencies have the highest penetration levels.
The US tops the charts for Dogecoin, Australians are crazy about Cardano, Indonesia loves Binance Coin, and Singapore is keen on Ether.
Even more surprising, only 58.9% of crypto investors worldwide own Bitcoin, and many of them are moving to other assets.
Finder data also confirms that a wide gender gap continues to exist when it comes to cryptocurrency ownership. Men are 1.4 times more likely to have made an investment.
However, this gap has narrowed considerably in some countries. In Ireland, Italy, Colombia, Brazil and the Philippines, men own slightly more crypto than women – and in Mexico, women are more likely to be exposed to digital assets than men.
In total, 41,165 people were surveyed in 22 countries.
