Increasingly strong interest in cryptocurrency by Europe and the rest if the world
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Survey carried out by Ipsos for the Dutch banking giant ING showed positive perception of Bitcoin, after 15000 respondents in European countries, US and Australia were interviewed. Source: news.bitcoin - Lubomir Tassev. The survey was conducted to find out people around the world would feel about using cryptocurrencies.
38 to 79 percent of the participants have “heard of cryptocurrency”, with Austria, Poland and Romania in the lead. On average, close to 66 percent of the Europeans have heard of cryptocurrencies while 70 percent of Australians seem to know as well. Falling short are Americans, with only 57 percent being aware of Bitcoin. In terms of gender, more men have heard of cryptocurrencies while the population of Europeans aged 65 or older were more knowledgeable about Bitcoin.
The younger population aged 18-34 years old are also more willing to invest in crypto. It is expected for about a quarter of Europeans to own cryptocurrency in the future. This could potentially mean a 16 percent increase in the share of crypto owners. About one-third of the Europeans are optimistic about the future of crypto, and simialr numbers are seen in Americans and Australians.
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An expert opinion and survey was conducted on more than 60 professionals, where a majority of whom were investors or business executives. The 2018 Cryptocurrency Survey conducted by law firm Foley & Lardner LLP, see overwhelming opinion that Bitcoin and Ethereum would be the leaders of the cryptocurrency space. Source: bitcoinist - Allen Scott. While Bitcoin is leading as the cryptocurrency to gain mass adoption by 43 percent of the respondents, Ethereum was considered the best investment opportunity by 38 percent of the respondents.
Once again, mass adoption boils down to the successful establishment of Bitcoin-related Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). We are one step closer to this realization as discussed on my previous article: https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@tysler/bitcoin-etf-is-one-step-closer-to-realization . We are also marred by negative opinions on cryptocurrency and security breaches, hackers, manipulative trading and fradulent ICOs are some of the top grievances reflected in the survey.
As we continue to look beyond the current roller coaster of cryptocurrency prices, focus on adding value and to develop cryptocurrency into maturity. We are so much closer to mass adoption as compared to back then when Bitcoin first started where it was a good laugh or a dream to be fulfilled. Keep looking forward and move forward.
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