African cryptocurrency market grows by 1,200% in one year – Report

The cryptocurrency market in Nigeria and other African countries have grown by 1200 per cent in one year, a report by Chainalysis has said.

According to the report, the African region has one of the highest grassroots adoptions in the world, with Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tanzania ranking in the top 20 of its Global Crypto Adoption Index.

The report added that Africa had the third-fastest growing cryptocurrency economy, and a bigger share of its overall transaction volume made up of retail-sized transfers than any other region at just over seven per cent, versus the global average of 5.5 per cent.

The report said that Africa was the smallest cryptocurrency economy of any region under review, having received $105.6bn worth of cryptocurrency between July 2020 and June 2021.

It added that peer-to-peer platform was more prominent in Africa than other regions, and many African cryptocurrency users also relied on P2P platforms for remittances and commercial transactions.

It said, “Cross-region transfers also make up a bigger share of Africa’s cryptocurrency market than any other region at 96 per cent of all transaction volume, versus 78 per cent for all regions combined.”

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