Hello world!
Every day we have to analyze a great amount of information. Today we would like to provide you with some facts and figures about crypto-world!
Some crypto-statistics:
— The number of unique wallets has grown from 2.6 million to 11.5 million in 4 years;
— Bitcoins are distributed around the world in the following way: 50% — North America, 33% — Europe, 10% — Asia, 7% - the rest of the world;
— The number of active users in Bitcoin blockchain is about to grow up to 5 million by 2019;
— More than $200 million - this is the amount that used daily in Bitcoin blockchain transactions (it exceeds Western Union's turnover);
— Global blockchain market is expected to be worth $20 billion in 2024;
— Bank of America has patented the exchange system for crypto currency; 69% of American banks are experimenting with blocking technology;
— Using blockchain technology bank costs will decrease by 30%, annual savings will be around $8-12 billion;
—The average amount of investments in blockchain projects was $1 million in 2017.
Crypto-facts you should know:
— Only 36% of the total amount of mined BTC were noticed in transactions. The remaining 64% were never used (someone is a real Scrooge McDuck is sitting on his treasure.) Well, perhaps he lost the key :);
— 927 people own 50% of BTC;
— Gambling is one of the most popular BTC use cases in the USA;
— The number of Google search queries about BTC has increased by 450% since April 2017 ;
— The price of BTC rose and fell in tandem with the number of search queries with the words "bitcoin", "bitcoin price", "bitcoin value";
— FBI owns 1.5% of all BTC in the world.
Who uses crypto-currency?
— Men dominate among crypto-users (89%);
— How old are they? 38% of crypto-users are about 25-34 years old and 26% - 25-44 years;
— The number of BTC users doubles early, so in case speed stays the same our children will live in the world where almost everyone uses BTC by the moment they are 26 years old;
— Young generation is a true indicator of prospective technologies, surveys among American millennials show that 42% of them are familiar with BTC blockchain, 27% will prefer BTC to stocks and other financial instruments and support BTC more than large banks. However, only 4% of American millennials own BTC.
Where do crypto-owners live? Top 3 countries by number of unique users:
- Russia;
- The United States;
- The Ukraine.
Figures and facts described above are really impressive. This crypto-world emerged quickly and keeps developing at high speed nowadays, still no one knows its future for sure. But it may be as exciting as current BTC price=)