{"id":21923,"date":"2025-03-11T11:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T09:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/study-reveals-only-4-of-global-population-owns-bitcoin\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T11:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T09:44:09","slug":"study-reveals-only-4-of-global-population-owns-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/study-reveals-only-4-of-global-population-owns-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Reveals Only 4% of Global Population Owns Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, a mere 4% of the world&#8217;s population holds digital gold, according to a study by <a href=\"https:\/\/river.com\/learn\/files\/river-bitcoin-adoption-report-2025.pdf\">River<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The highest concentration of holders is in the United States, where 14% of people own bitcoins.<\/p>\n<p>Analytical data indicates that North America leads in cryptocurrency adoption among individuals and organizations. The least developed market is Africa, with only 1.6% of the population owning the digital asset.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers emphasize that bitcoin has tapped only 3% of its potential market. This figure was calculated based on an analysis of the maximum available audience, including governments, corporations, and institutional investors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-03-11-112747.webp\" alt=\"Snimok-ekrana-2025-03-11-112747\" class=\"wp-image-253747\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The main barriers to widespread cryptocurrency adoption remain insufficient financial and technical literacy. Many still view digital gold as a fraudulent scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The high volatility of the asset also hinders its use as a store of value or medium of exchange, particularly in developing countries.<\/p>\n<p>Experts highlight that despite progress, bitcoin remains in the early stages of global dissemination.<\/p>\n<p>Back in October 2024, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/blackrocks-larry-fink-confident-in-bitcoins-growth\">stated<\/a> that the first cryptocurrency is an alternative to gold and other commodities, and its global adoption will continue to grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, a mere 4% of the world&#8217;s population holds digital gold, according to a study by River. The highest concentration of holders is in the United States, where 14% of people own bitcoins. Analytical data indicates that North America leads in cryptocurrency adoption among individuals and organizations. The least developed market is Africa, with only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,167],"class_list":["post-21923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-research"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"112","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}