THELOGICALINDIAN - As the Russian government works on the authoritative framework for agenda currencies a civic analysis is appear assuming that alone 28 of Russians accept heard of bitcoin or added cryptocurrencies and alone 1 has any advance in them
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Cryptocurrency Survey by NAFI
The National Agency for Banking Studies (NAFI) appear a abstraction this anniversary on Russia’s acquaintance of cryptocurrency based on a analysis it conducted this month. NAFI is a arch analysis aggregation in Russia that specializes in the banking behavior of the citizenry and businesses. 1,600 Russian respondents age-old 18 or earlier were interviewed at 140 sampling locations in 42 regions throughout the country.
“The Russians are not able-bodied abreast about what a cryptocurrency is,” NAFI wrote, abacus that alone 28% of them are acquainted of cryptocurrency while 72% alone heard about it for the aboriginal time during the interview. Within this accumulation of respondents, 16% accept heard of cryptocurrency but do not apperceive annihilation about it, while 12% apperceive it well. However, “not added than 1% of Russians accept acclimated a cryptocurrency,” the bureau added.
Among those who are acquainted of cryptocurrency, about a third (34%) are absorbed in advice and account on this topic. Most of them are men (40%), respondents with college apprenticeship (43%) and Russians beneath 35 (38%). Only 25% of women are absorbed in the topic. NAFI Project Manager Sergey Antonyan was quoted by EA Daily as saying:
Of those who accept heard of cryptocurrency, 31% accept it to be the money of the approaching while 47% anticipation that the all-embracing trend is a fad.
Most Believe Bitcoin Should Not Be Banned
One of the questions in the analysis was whether respondents anticipate that bitcoin should be banned. In 2015 a agnate analysis was conducted and 40% of all respondents accustomed with cryptocurrency believed that it should be, admitting 23% believed otherwise. Last year, alone 20% alleged for banning bitcoin and 34% believed the opposite. This year, “almost bisected of Russians abreast about the cryptocurrency accept that it is not all-important to prohibit bitcoin (48%),” NAFI wrote.
Meanwhile, the Russian government is bound abating up to cryptocurrency, currently drafting a proposal to allocate bitcoins as agenda appurtenances and is alike preparing to approve Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
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