Most popular crypto and stablecoin among consumers who shop online 2021-2022
according to a survey held in both years by CryptoRefills, a company that sells vouchers and gift cards in exchange for cryptocurrencies. Note that the figures shown are specifically about ownership, not use: The source specifically states that the "ownership percentage" among shoppers in 2022 was 34.5 percent. It adds later that "transaction data" suggests that Ethereum's applications for shopping were "limited". Further noticeable is the high share of Litecoin (LTC), a cryptocurrency which does not rank among the top crypto in the world based on market cap. The source does not clarify this, stating instead that "it can be said that it [LTC] is exclusively popular among the crypto-consumers". Litecoin is relatively popular, though, in the United States, although respondents from North America made up only 6.6 percent of respondents in this survey.
Bitcoin remained the most popular crypto among online shoppers in 2022, but ownership rates did decline when compared to 2021. This is