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Report: Turkey has highest cryptocurrency interest in Middle East

CryptoManiaks also found a relatively high amount of crypto-related Google searches in Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

A man looks at cryptocurrency prices in a window of a cryptocurrency exchange office, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 19, 2021.
A man looks at cryptocurrency prices in a window of a cryptocurrency exchange office, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 19, 2021. — Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Turkey has the second-highest number of cryptocurrency-related Google searches in the world, according to a new study.

The cryptocurrency education platform CryptoManiaks analyzed monthly Google searches of major cryptocurrencies for the top 100 most populous countries in the world. Turkey had 5,465 monthly searches per 100,000 people. This was the second-highest of any country, after only the Netherlands. Germany, Canada and the Czech Republic rounded out the rest of the top five, according to the study.

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