Greater than 1 / 4 of Australian crypto customers surveyed in October plan to make use of digital property as part of their Christmas presents this vacation season.

The survey by crypto pockets and providers supplier Crypto.com polled 2,020 Australians aged 18-59. Of people who had used crypto over the previous 12 months, 26% responded that they might contemplate giving some away for Christmas or shopping for crypto-related items.

Greater than half, or 53% of these planning to purchase crypto items, mentioned they might contemplate buying crypto property, like Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH) for his or her family members this Christmas.

The survey additionally discovered that crypto merchandise corresponding to themed socks or hoodies is perhaps fashionable items this vacation season as 43% of these planning to purchase crypto-centric items mentioned they have been searching for this stuff.

Round 42% mentioned they have been excited about shopping for coin vouchers, and 35% have been contemplating shopping for crypto books. Round a 3rd of these surveyed mentioned they have been excited about gifting non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Latest high-school graduate Justin El-Sheikh, 18, from Melbourne, is planning to provide the present of crypto this 12 months. He informed Cointelegraph that he plans on establishing his buddies with a pockets and a small quantity of Bitcoin to get them began.

“Heaps of my buddies hear about crypto and say that they wish to get entangled however don’t know easy methods to begin. It’s a enjoyable and considerate current thought,” he mentioned.

Karl Mohan, Common Supervisor for Asia-Pacific at Crypto.com said, “Australians are clearly very eager to undertake cryptocurrencies and combine their use into day-to-day spending,” earlier than including that Aussies “are regularly rising their use of cryptocurrency and blockchain expertise.”

17% of Australians now personal crypto, totaling $8B between them: Survey

A September survey of 1,000 respondents by Finder discovered that one in six Australians now personal cryptocurrency, with the entire asset worth including as much as $US8 billion. Round 9% of Australians surveyed personal Bitcoin, 8% personal Ethereum, and 5% personal Dogecoin.

Final month, Crypto.com launched a worldwide model marketing campaign starring Matt Damon.