{"id":31039,"date":"2026-04-23T08:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/?p=31039"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:24:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:24:38","slug":"crypto-snapshot-bitnovo-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/crypto-snapshot-bitnovo-2026","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Snapshot: Crypto adoption is young. And every year that passes, it gets younger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Alternar tabla de contenidos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/crypto-snapshot-bitnovo-2026\/#the_centre_still_holds_at_25%e2%80%9339_but\" >The centre still holds at 25\u201339, but:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/crypto-snapshot-bitnovo-2026\/#the_ecosystem_is_getting_younger\" >The ecosystem is getting younger<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/crypto-snapshot-bitnovo-2026\/#what_the_data_says_as_a_whole\" >What the data says as a whole<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutos<\/span><\/span><p>The profile of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/en\/buy\/bitcoin\">crypto<\/a> user has been recognisable for years: a young adult with their own income, comfortable with new technologies, and with a more distant relationship with traditional financial institutions than the previous generation. This is not a perception. European market data backs it up \u2014 and so does our snapshot.<\/p>\n<p>What seven years of analysis adds is not a change to that picture. It&#8217;s that every year that passes, young people are betting more on cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the_centre_still_holds_at_25%e2%80%9339_but\"><\/span>The centre still holds at 25\u201339, but:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Throughout the entire period analysed, the 25\u201339 age group has concentrated the largest share of cryptocurrency users. This is consistent with what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecb.europa.eu\/stats\/ecb_surveys\/space\/html\/ecb.space2024~19d46f0f17.en.html\" target=_blank rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"noopener\">ECB documents for the eurozone<\/a>, where this group has the highest probability of holding cryptoassets.<\/p>\n<p>It is also the segment that has personally managed the transition between traditional banking and the digital economy: with real financial experience, sufficient technological exposure, and the capacity to make financial decisions independently.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish context reinforces this. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bde.es\/wbe\/es\/\">The Banco de Espa\u00f1a<\/a> puts the share of consumers with cryptoassets at 9% in 2024. Of that group, 19% use them exclusively for payments and 20% for both payments and investment. Usage can no longer be explained by speculative interest alone.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the_ecosystem_is_getting_younger\"><\/span>The ecosystem is getting younger<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When analysing the current composition of the crypto market in Europe, the most relevant figure is not who leads today. It is the distance between where it was five years ago and where it stands now.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31063\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31063 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bitnovo_Radiografia_2-EN-compressed-4-790x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Chart showing the evolution of cryptocurrency user distribution in Spain by age group between 2019 and 2026, based on Bitnovo internal data\" width=\"790\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bitnovo_Radiografia_2-EN-compressed-4-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bitnovo_Radiografia_2-EN-compressed-4-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bitnovo_Radiografia_2-EN-compressed-4-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bitnovo_Radiografia_2-EN-compressed-4-1185x1536.jpg 1185w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bitnovo_Radiografia_2-EN-compressed-4-1580x2048.jpg 1580w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bitnovo_Radiografia_2-EN-compressed-4.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bitnovos Internal Data<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 18\u201324 age group has tripled its share. That shift did not happen overnight, nor does it coincide with a single market cycle. It accumulated consistently over several years until it became the new baseline.<\/p>\n<p>Since that equilibrium settled, it has not moved. The 25\u201339 group remains the most representative, but it is ceding ground. The 18\u201324 bracket is gaining it. The direction is clear.<\/p>\n<p>One possible reading is that entering the crypto ecosystem no longer requires a moment of deliberate conviction. For a growing share of new users, it is not the result of months of careful deliberation. It is simply the next step in their relationship with money.<\/p>\n<p>There is a figure at the opposite end that deserves a separate note: the 65+ age group, which five years ago was practically non-existent, has developed a sustained presence. Its emergence confirms that older generations can also be drawn to cryptocurrencies, widening the ecosystem in both directions.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what_the_data_says_as_a_whole\"><\/span>What the data says as a whole<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The crypto market in Europe has a younger profile today than it did five years ago. That shift is not in dispute: the numbers show it clearly and have been pointing in the same direction for years.<\/p>\n<p>But the more interesting reading is not today&#8217;s snapshot. It is that this rejuvenation has stabilised without reversing. The 25\u201339 group remains the core. The 18\u201324 bracket has gained a weight it did not have and has held it. And the 65+ has appeared where it did not exist before.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00abThese figures not only confirm that digital natives are the most interested in cryptoassets, but that usage consolidates and endures over time \u2014 proving that whoever knows this technology does not stop using it.\u00bb <strong>Javier Castro-Acu\u00f1a<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Three distinct movements. All pointing to the same conclusion: crypto adoption in Europe no longer depends on a single profile to grow. It is happening across more age groups, with less friction, and without needing a prior moment of conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto adoption is young. And every year that passes, it gets younger.<\/p>\n<p><em>Valencia \u2013 April 2026 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/en\">Bitnovo<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Source: Bitnovo internal data<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutos<\/span><\/span>The profile of the crypto user in Europe is shifting. Seven years of data confirm it: younger, broader, and showing no signs of stopping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":31027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[331],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitnovo-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31039"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31065,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31039\/revisions\/31065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}