Cryptocurrency adoption in Malaysia drops to 15% of internet users — Data

Cryptocurrency adoption in Malaysia has dropped to 15% of Malaysian internet users aged 18 and above, from 20% late last year.

马来西亚 18 岁及以上互联网用户的加密货币采用率已从去年底的 20% 降至 15%。

In a statement on 24th August, Finder.com, a comparison platform, said its Cryptocurrency Adoption Index showed that men are much more likely to own cryptocurrency.

在8 月 24 日的一份声明中，比较平台 Finder.com 表示，其加密货币采用指数显示男性更有可能拥有加密货币。

It said 63% of crypto holders are men and just 37% are women.

它说 63% 的加密货币持有者是男性，只有 37% 是女性。

The firm said Bitcoin is still the most popular coin among Malaysian crypto owners (35%), followed by Ethereum (24%).

该公司表示，比特币仍然是马来西亚加密货币所有者中最受欢迎的硬币（35%），其次是以太坊（24%）。

Cryptocurrency specialist at Finder, James Edwards, said he was not surprised adoption fell given the considerable drop in the crypto market.

Finder 的加密货币专家 James Edwards 表示，鉴于加密货币市场大幅下滑，他对采用率下降并不感到惊讶。

“We saw huge drops in the price of Bitcoin at the start of May and June so it’s not surprising to see a drop in crypto adoption since the end of last year.

“我们在 5 月初和 6 月初看到比特币价格大幅下跌，因此自去年年底以来加密货币采用率下降也就不足为奇了。

“In other markets like South Africa and the US, we saw adoption hold steady or even increase slightly, which suggests that while some people have sold, others are holding for the long term or may have actually bought cryptocurrency for the first time at what they consider to be a discount,” he said.

“在南非和美国等其他市场，我们看到采用率保持稳定甚至略有增加，这表明虽然有些人已经卖出，但其他人则长期持有，或者可能实际上是第一次购买加密货币。考虑打折，”他说。

Edwards cautioned new investors that investing in cryptocurrency isn’t for the faint hearted.

Edwards警告新投资者，投资加密货币不适合胆小的人。

“Cryptocurrency is a hugely volatile industry and you should never invest money you can’t afford to lose. You should also pay attention to the cost of trading to make sure any gains aren’t negated by fees you need to pay as you buy and sell.”

“加密货币是一个非常不稳定的行业，你永远不应该投资你不能承受损失的钱。您还应该注意交易成本，以确保您在买卖时需要支付的费用不会抵消任何收益。”

Finder.com analysed cryptocurrency exchanges by taking into account a range of factors like fees, regulation, coins available and deposit methods to name Kraken the best global cryptocurrency exchange.

Finder.com 通过考虑费用、监管、可用硬币和存款方式等一系列因素来分析加密货币交易所，将 Kraken 命名为全球最佳加密货币交易所。