Crypto usage in Turkey increased elevenfold in a year, new survey shows
A new survey conducted in Turkey reveals how the perception of cryptocurrencies has evolved over the last year. Turkey’s crypto userbase has grown more than 11 times over the last year, a new survey from Turkish crypto exchange Paribu shows. The “Cryptocurrency Awareness and Perception Survey 2021” was conducted by Akademetre Research, revealing the perceptions and behaviors of Turkish citizens toward Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. The first survey was completed in 2020.A significant discovery of last year’s research was that only 0.7% of over 6,000 respondents traded crypto in....
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