It was found that the recent bitcoin craze is led by male investors in their 30s. About 40% of the total transaction volume is accounted for in their 30s, and by gender, male transactions are more than eight times higher than that of females. However, it was found that the higher the age group, the greater the proportion of women’s investment.
According to Coinone, a domestic virtual asset exchange on the 22nd, as a result of analyzing the average daily transaction volume by age for investment in virtual assets such as bitcoin from January to February, the 30s accounted for 39%, which was overwhelmingly high. Next, 17.3% in their 40s, 12% in their 50s, 17.8% in their 60s, 12% in their 70s and older, and 1.9% in their 20s. This statistic is the result of analyzing approximately 1.3 million Coinone members.
While the volume of transactions in the 20s was less than expected, the proportion of investments in the 60s and 70s reached 30%. It is believed that elderly people who have not been able to find an investment due to low interest rates are using virtual assets as a new financial means using retired funds. The average daily transaction amount refers to the sum of both the purchase and sale amount. The high daily average transaction amount is interpreted to mean that the investment in virtual assets is active.
In the gender virtual asset investment analysis, the male ratio was overwhelmingly high. Males accounted for 89% of the average daily transaction amount, more than eight times more than females (11%). Among the members who joined Coinone, the male ratio was 76%. Although males have a large number of subscriptions, it is interpreted that the average daily transaction amount came out higher because they are also actively investing. It is analyzed that the reason why men actively invest in virtual assets is because the male group is the subject of economic consumption activities. In addition, since it is a group that has a lot of viral news about investments such as stocks, real estate, and virtual assets and social network services (SNS), it has been shown that they are actively engaged in investment activities in the virtual asset market as well.
Looking at the gender ratio by age group, the proportion of women investing in virtual assets tended to increase as the age group increased. In their twenties, 75% of men and 25% of women were overwhelmingly male. However, as the age group increased, the proportion of women in the average daily trading volume increased. The proportion of women by age group was calculated as 27% in their 30s, 31% in their 40s, and 44% in their 50s. It was found that women in their 50s did not differ significantly from men (56%) of the same age group. Coinone analyzes that the reason for the increase in women’s trading activity as they reached their 40s is that the viral for virtual asset investment in the group is higher than that of women of other ages.
It was found that members of the virtual asset exchange generally invest around 10 million won. According to Coinone, the total amount invested by all members from February 8 to March 1 was 12 million won per person.
Myung-koo Kang, Vice President of Coinone, said, “The reason that the average daily transaction volume by age is high in their 30s is because they are the most interested in economic investment activities when they start social activities.”
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