More than a third of Africa’s 53 million crypto owners are from Nigeria, study shows – Africa Bitcoin News
With an estimated 53 million cryptocurrency owners, the African continent now accounts for 16.5% of the global total, a study has found. The study findings indicate that Nigeria, which has more than 22 million crypto owners, currently accounts for more than a third of the continent’s total number of owners.
Nigeria accounts for over a third of Africa’s crypto holders
According to Triple A’s latest crypto ownership data, the African continent now has an estimated 53 million cryptocurrency owners. This represents approximately 16.5% of the estimated global total of 320 million. Of all crypto holders in Africa, Nigeria accounts for over a third of the total, or just over 22 million.
Globally, Nigeria has the fourth highest number of crypto owners, while the United States is the top-ranked country, with 46 million cryptocurrency owners. According to the data, India and Pakistan are the next top ranked countries with 27.4 million and 26.4 million crypto holders respectively.
Nigerian Bitcoin and Crypto Internet Seeks the Highest Globally
While Nigeria is ranked fourth in terms of crypto ownership, the country is still seen as the world leader when it comes to “the number of people searching for ‘bitcoin’ and ‘crypto’ keywords on Google.” These findings are apparently supported by the findings of another study, which suggested that Nigeria is the country most obsessed with cryptocurrencies.
Meanwhile, Triple A’s data shows that South Africa is the African country with the second highest population of cryptocurrency owners at 7.7 million. This figure represents almost 12.5% of South Africa’s population. Kenya has the third largest population of crypto owners in Africa, with 6.1 million or 11.6% of the country’s population.
Completing Africa’s top five countries with the highest number of crypto holders are Eygpt and Tanzania which have 2.37 million and 2.32 million holders respectively. Seychelles, which has an estimated 1,257 crypto owners, is the lowest ranked African country.
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