UK most popular cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency owners in the United Kingdom (UK) - minus Northern Ireland - in 2021 overwhelmingly held Bitcoin (BTC), and likely combined this with other coins. In that sense, it is perhaps somewhat unsurprising to see Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin - three cryptocurrencies that hit the news often in 2021 - on top of this list. This is the same top three as when compared to the ownership of 14 different cryptocurrencies in the United States. Differences, however, are observed at the bottom part of the list: respondents from Great Britain tended to be more into cryptocurrencies closely related to Ethereum - such as Ripple (XRP), Polkadot (DOT) and especially Cardano (ADA). U.S. respondents, on the other hand, looked more into Stellar (XLM) or the Basic Attention Token (BAT).

Ownership of Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and 11 other cryptocurrencies in Great Britain in 2021

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Release date

May 2021

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

March 2021

Number of respondents

1,589 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Consumers from England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland

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No information was provided on the exact survey method. The source does also not provide information regarding multiple answering options.

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Please select which cryptocurrencies you own?"

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