of Russians
own cryptocurrency
It is estimated that over 17.3 million people, 11.9% of Russia’s total population, currently own cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency is listed as Russia’s fifth-most popular investment vehicle with a percentage rating of 17%, ahead of gold (16%) as well as stocks and shares (10%).
Bitcoin marketplace Paxful has shown a huge surge of interest in cryptocurrency peer-to-peer trading in Russia, with 350% growth on a year-over-year basis and an average monthly trading volume of $4M in Russia.