Crypto beneath the Christmas tree? A recent survey found that over a quarter of aussie crypto users arrange to get crypto-centric gifts this festal season.
More than a quarter of Australian crypto users surveyed in October attempt to use digital assets as a region of their Christmas presents this season.
The survey by crypto notecase and services supplier Crypto.com polled a pair of,020 Australians aged 18-59. of these that had used crypto over the past twelve months, 26% responded that they might think about giving some away for Christmas or shopping for crypto-related gifts.
More than 0.5, or 53% of these going to get crypto gifts, said they might think about buying crypto assets, like Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH) for his or her loved ones this Christmas.
The survey additionally found that crypto merchandise like themed socks or hoodies can be standard gifts this season as 43% of these going to get crypto-centric gifts said they were searching for this stuff.
Around 42% said they were brooding about shopping for coin vouchers, and thirty fifth were considering shopping for crypto books. Around a 3rd of these surveyed aforementioned they were brooding about gifting non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Recent high-school graduate Justin El-Sheikh, 18, from Melbourne, is going to provide the gift of crypto this year. He told Cointelegraph that he plans on fixing his friends with a wallet and alittle quantity of Bitcoin to induce them started.
“Heaps of my friends hear concerning crypto and say that they require to induce concerned however don’t skills to start out. It’s a fun and thoughtful gift plan,” he said.
Karl Mohan, chief for Asia-Pacific at Crypto.com stated, “Australians ar clearly terribly keen to adopt cryptocurrencies and integrate their use into every day disbursal,” before adding that Aussies “are step by step increasing their use of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.”
(Keira Wright, Cointelegraph, 2021)