Younger Koreans More Likely to Invest in Cryptocurrency

According to a new poll conducted by the Bank of Korea, a quarter of South Koreans in their 20s are seeking to invest in cryptocurrency.

The survey also found that roughly 30% of people in their 20s and 40% of those in their 30s are very familiar with cryptocurrency. Only 21.6% of the remaining age groups were somewhat aware of the currency.

Unsurprisingly enough, the numbers were fairly low with the older generation, at only 5.7% of people in their 60s and 2.2% of people in their 70s had any knowledge of cryptocurrency.

Those younger participants were very excited with the potential of investing in crypto. Those that were in their early 20s stated they were “eager to invest in cryptocurrency” according to the poll. Those that were polled within the 30s age group had a 20.1% eagerness to invest.

The poll also estimated that over 2 million....read full story here