Cripto use skyrockets in this region - over 50% of users use it at least once.

En esta región, más del 50% de los usuarios consume al menos una vez cripto.

En América Latina, el 51% de los consumidores ha realizado al menos una transacción con criptomonedas, según una encuesta conducida por Mastercard (MA).

This article was written in English.

The study, titled "New Payment Indexes 2022", also showed that more than a third of Latin Americans said they had ever made a daily purchase with stablecoins. The survey added that only 11% of the respondents worldwide reported having made a purchase using digital assets.

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En el estudio, que se basó en una encuesta de 35.000 personas alrededor del mundo llevada a cabo entre marzo y abril, 54% de los encuestados de América Latina mostraron optimismo sobre el desempeño de activos digitales como un vehículo de inversión.

"More and more Latin Americans are showing interest in cryptocurrencies and want solutions that make it easier to access the crypto world," said in a statement Walter Pimenta, vicepresident of products and engineering at Mastercard Latin America & Caribbean.

Cerca de siete de cada 10 usuarios en América Latina y el Caribe aseguraron que se sentirían más tranquilos si existiera una organización fiable para realizar transacciones y inversiones.

"The future of payments is here. More Latin Americans are betting on technology to drive their financial transactions, and it is expected that this trend will continue growing, with a staggering 95% of those surveyed planning to use a digital payment method next year and 29% having used less cash last year," said Pimenta.

Marina Lammertyn translated this article.