They include citizens from 24 to 35 years old.
The Russian authorities estimate the volume of the cryptocurrency market in Russia to exceed $214 billion (16.5 trillion rubles).
According to Bloomberg, citing government sources, based on these data, analysts intend to develop a strategy for regulating the sphere.
Media experts pay attention to the fact that the declared amount is about 12% of the price of crypto assets in the world.
It is also a third of the value of the main financial index of the Russian Federation. However, they believe that the amount may be higher, and the official data are underestimated due to the tendency of traders to hide their activities from the authorities.
According to the CoinMarketCap resource, the global capital of the cryptocurrency market is currently estimated at almost $ 1.75 trillion.
In turn, the TripleA payment gateway (Singapore) provides information that in Russia about 12% of the population (over 17 million people) are owners of one or another cryptocurrency.
Bloomberg sources say that the owners of the new type of money in 60% of cases are citizens from 25 to 44 years old.
Earlier, Topnews wrote that the Central Bank proposed to completely exclude the Russian market from mining and other operations with cryptocurrency.
After discussion by the media and experts, Russian leader Vladimir Putin expressed his opinion, who called on financiers and their opponents to come to a common opinion and report it publicly.