Study: Residents of the Irkutsk region show the greatest interest in digital assets in the Russian Federation – Bits Media

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According to Google Trends, Interest of the inhabitants of the Irkutsk region, Dagestan, Tatarstan, Chechnya and Moscow to digital assets are growing due to sanctions pressure on Russia and the development of crypto -industry.

In the first five regions of the Russian Federation, whose inhabitants show the greatest interest in cryptocurrencies, The Irkutsk region came in, Dagestan, Tatarstan, Chechnya and Moscow. Such statistics by regions are primarily due to economic factors. Residents of Moscow are interested in digital assets, Since the bulk of the head offices of the crypto business is concentrated in the capital. Therefore, the popularity of cryptocurrency requests among residents of Moscow in June was 64 score.

In the Irkutsk region, where the largest number of mining farms is concentrated, Interest in digital assets was 100 points. Startups are now actively developing in Tatarstan, creating infrastructure products for blockchains and crypto industry, Therefore, interest in digital assets was 71 score.

High interest in Dagestan and Chechnya - 89 and 64 score, accordingly - turned out to be a surprise, Since the regions are completely subsidized and depend on the transfer of the federal budget. Probably, The popularity of cryptocurrencies in these regions is associated with a large number of unlicensed mining farms and the desire of residents to protect savings in difficult economic conditions, caused by sanctions pressure.

Kazakhstan, which for a long time hospitably accepted miners from China, It is also interested in cryptocurrencies. The greatest interest in digital assets (100 points) The residents of the Mangistau region showed, where the main mining production is concentrated. Almaty and North Kazakhstan regions recruited 65 and 64 score, And the West Kazakhstan and Pavlodar regions- 55 and 54 score, respectively.

Recall, that in May Russia began to lose its position in the mining of cryptocurrencies. If earlier she occupied the third line in the ranking of countries in terms of mining, then now she dropped out of the top 3. Now miners from Russia generate about 4.7% of the total hashrate of the Bitcoin network. At the same time, the general hashrate of Russian miners decreased with 13.6 Eh/s in August last year before 8.6 Eh/s in January of this year.

The third line in May took Kazakhstan with the result in 13.2%. At the same time, Kazakhstan at this time began to decline the share in general hashrate - with 18% last August to 13.2% in January.