1 sat \ 4 replies \ @kilianbuhn 13 Oct 2022 \ on: Canadian Bitcoin Ownership Jumped from 5% to 13% in 2021 bitcoin
The share of Canadians owning Bitcoin rose from 5% in 2018–20 to 13% in 2021
What??? Is this real? You can walk through the city and more than every 10th person owns Bitcoin. 😳😳
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51 sats \ 3 replies \ @kr OP 13 Oct 2022
Yes, according to the Bank of Canada.
The median value of their Bitcoin holdings is $500, and 30% of Bitcoin holders in Canada hold more than $5,000 of it.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 14 Oct 2022
Curious how much is held on exchanges
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @alpacachino 14 Oct 2022
Exactly, and the flip-side of that, how much of it is self-custodied. Can't stop but wonder the quality of hardware wallets from the country is best-in-class...
We may never know the answer, but I guess some metric to track awareness is helpful...
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Wil 14 Oct 2022
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