This table shows the answers to a survey question about which types of cryptocurrencies are owned by consumers in the Netherlands as of 2018, by gender. Bitcoin is owned in roughly the same amounts by both male (69 percent) as well as female (65 percent) respondents. Ethereum and Litecoin, however, were more popular amongst male respondents. Bitcoin is a so-called cryptocurrency, a digital currency that uses blockchain technology as a means of security. Because of its design, it is difficult to get an insight in the full size of the Bitcoin market in individual countries. Because Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies reached the news often in 2017, approximately 60 percent of the households in the Netherlands who invest in cryptocurrencies started doing so in 2017. In the first three quarters of 2017, there were approximately 44,000 transactions in Bitcoin from the Netherlands on a trading platform called BTC Direct. In addition, Belgium and the Netherlands have several Bitcoin ATM installations.
Sample 1 = January 16, 2018 to January 22, 2018; Sample 2 = February 12, 2018 to February 14, 2018
Number of respondents
508 respondents
Age group
18-80 years
Special properties
consumers who own cryptocurrencies; the source performed two seperate samples of the survey: n sample 1 = 7,342, n sample 2 = 5,042
Method of interview
Panel survey
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Welke van de volgende cryptomunten heb je?" (in English: "which of the following cryptocurrencies do you have?"
The source does not provide any information regarding percentage points exceeding 100 percent or multiple answering options.
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Multiscope. (February 22, 2018). Which cryptocurrencies do you own? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/819124/cryptocurrency-ownership-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/
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Multiscope. (2018). Which cryptocurrencies do you own?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/819124/cryptocurrency-ownership-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/
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