Only 4 % of the world’s population hold Bitcoin in 2025: Report

Only 4 % of the world’s population currently hold bitcoin (BTC), With the highest concentration of ownership in the United States, with about 14 % of BTC individuals.
According to the research a report From River, a BTC Financial Services Company, North America is still the continent with the highest rate of adoption between individuals and institutions, while Africa is only 1.6 %.
In general, BTC’s dependence tends to be higher in the most advanced areas of developing areas. The river estimates that BTC only achieved 3 % of the maximum adoption capabilities – indicating that the digital currency is still in Early stages of global adoption.
The adoption path in Bitcoin remains only 3 %. source: river
The Financial Services Company has reached the number by 3 % by calculating the total bitcoin market, which includes governments, companies and institutions – by only 1 %.
River also took not to the institutional stop and individual ownership rates into consideration to reach a 3 % scale.
Although Bitcoin has come a long run since early CypherPUNK, recently To become American government backup assetsThere are many obstacles in the way of adopting the Bitcoin mass on a global scale.
Bitcoin ownership is estimated according to the geographical region. source: river
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What stops collective adoption?
Bitcoin stands at the intersection of technology and financing – two thick themes in a sufficient degree alone, not to mention together.
The biggest problem in facing the adoption of the collective bitcoin is its lack of it Financial and technical educationThat feed the misconceptions about BTC – including the idea of being a fraud or Bonzi scheme.
Digital assets are also known as their high-term molten fluctuation in the short term, but the enemy of anyone uses BTC as a exchange of exchange or a valuable store.
A 2023 report of Chainalysis revealed that Stablecoins was the most widely transported digital assets in Latin American provinces. source: series
The lack of consistency of high volatility affects the population in the developing economies, who have He turned to the US dollar Stablecoins As a digital store for value due to low transaction fees and relative stability compared to other encrypted currencies.
During the last White House encryption summit on March 7, US Treasury Secretary Scott Beesen announced that the United States wants Use Stablecoins to ensure US dollar dominance And protect its position as the global reserve currency.
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