肯尼亚采用数字货币的速度不同于非洲任何其他国家。
联合国报告称，肯尼亚持有非洲加密货币的人口比例最高，这凸显了该国面临正在发生的数字货币市场崩盘的风险。
根据联合国贸易和发展会议（UNCTAD）所做的一项研究，约有 425 万肯尼亚人（占人口的 8.5%）拥有数字资产。
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这使这个非洲国家领先于美国等工业化经济体，美国以 8.4% 的人口持有加密资产排名第六。
肯尼亚的点对点（P2P）加密货币交易量是世界上最高的，而该国的整体交易量排名第六。就区块链相关交易和加密货币持有量而言，它是世界上人口最多的10个国家中排名第一的非洲国家。
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肯尼亚的比特币持有量在 2018 年 1 月达到该国国内生产总值的 3% 以上，考虑到 10 个国家在数字资产上的 GDP 投资水平相当，这是一个重要数字。
多年来，肯尼亚广泛接触数字资产。 2020 年，由于全球健康危机，该国陷入困境的居民求助于本地化的加密资产来解决他们的财务困难。
近年来，比特币在非洲国家的使用大幅增加。这是许多非洲人认识到加密货币的真正好处的时候。
根据 Arcane Research 的一份报告，非洲国家在比特币接受度方面名列前茅。排名靠前的非洲国家包括南非、尼日利亚、乌干达、加纳和肯尼亚。
根据联合国数据，乌克兰以 12.7% 的居民接触加密货币而居世界首位，其次是俄罗斯，这一比例为 12%。新加坡和委内瑞拉分别以 9.2% 和 10.3% 的比率位居前五。
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自去年 11 月以来，由于投资者出于对飙升的通货膨胀和不断攀升的利率的担忧而逃离不稳定的资产，以其剧烈的价格波动而臭名昭著的加密货币市场已经损失了超过 50% 的价值。
同时，肯尼亚中央银行已决定采用加密货币作为其储备货币。据媒体消息，该银行的决定源于其为应对国内日益严重的金融危机而采取的举措。
中央银行行长帕特里克·恩乔罗格表示，该决定是在评估了各种情况后做出的，包括缺乏外汇储备和货币传输增加。
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