The cryptocurrency industry started with the launch of Bitcoin in 2009 and then flourished in the following years with various assets and blockchain-based solutions. According to Stephen Stonberg, CEO of Bittrex Global, this is no longer in its infancy.
“I think we’re already past the stage of crypto early adoption,” Stonberg told Cointelegraph adding:
“Crypto has now gone mainstream. We have double-digit percentage adoption in both developed and developing countries. We even have Bitcoin adopted as legal tender in a country and many other countries are considering adopting Bitcoin as legal tender.”
Bitcoin has also become a very common investment, as a number of large companies such as Microstrategy have invested in these assets.
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https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-is-no-longer-in-the-early-adoption-stage-bittrex-global-ceo-saysSure, bitcoin is slowly going mainstream media and it is being known and introduced to more people compared before. However, being widely known doesn't necessarily equate to be farther from early adoption stage. Despite the statistics, the active users of bitcoin is far less than the count of people who have an account. Hence, the double digit percentage mentioned by cointelegraph is still blurry. Active users are needed in order to say that we have progressed from early adoption stage. Bigger percentage of accounts with transactions each day at least are important to conclude such thing.
The mass adoption of some countries and companies are significant steps to move forward from the next stage. So are the active users that have transactions and holdings in their wallets/portfolios.