Did you know that the public interest towards crypto and blockchain is set to double in the near future?
A technology perception research done by Ipsos, sampling Europe, Australia and the US all on request of the Dutch ING Bank B.V.
The research ran 26 March through 6 April 2018 and covered 15 countries, surveying 1000 people in each of them. According to the report, 66% of Europeans have heard about cryptocurrencies, whil 35% believe the future of online payments belongs to the cryptoindustry. Another 35% think the price on cryptocurrencies will increase over the next year.
The cryptoindustry awareness is close to or exceeds 50% in every country surveyed during the research.
Austria shows the highest figures (79%), followed by Poland (77%). In the US 57% of those surveyed have heard of cryptocurrencies.
Less than 1 out of 10 of the surveyed Europeans, Americans and Australians have ever owned digital assets. The survey shows that European residents who use mobile banking are much more likely to own cryptocurrencies (12%) than those doing without the service (4%).
Just 9% of those surveyed hold crypto assets, but 25% have pointed out their intentions to purchase them in the future. The highest percentage (18%) of digital asset ownership is displayed by Turkey, the lowest (4%) – in Luxembourg.
