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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Nearly Half of Crypto Owners First Bought Digital Assets in 2021

A bank of cryptocurrency miners operates at the Scrubgrass Plant in Kennerdale, Pennsylvania, US, March 8, 2022. Picture taken March 8, 2022. (Reuters)

Almost half of all cryptocurrency owners in the United States, Latin America and Asia Pacific purchased the digital assets for the first time in 2021, according to a new survey from US cryptocurrency exchange Gemini.

The survey of nearly 30,000 people across 20 countries, which was conducted between November 2021 and February 2022, shows 2021 was a blockbuster year for crypto, with inflation in particular driving adoption in countries that have experienced currency devaluation, the report found.

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