U.Today - Chinese crypto blogger and journalist Colin Wu has tweeted that among investors of a certain age group, XRP is more popular than major cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum in South Korea.
He shared a link to a recently published report by .
20-year-olds like XRP better than BTC and ETH
According to the Bithumb report, South Korean investors in their 20 prefer XRP as the major asset in their portfolio. Therefore, share in it constitutes 20.7% compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum – 17.5% together. Overall, the proportion of XRP in the portfolios of those in their 20s was around 3.2% higher than that of Bitcoin and Ethereum.People of this age group show a tendency to “aggressive investment” in comparison to other age groups in South Korea. Overall, they prefer altcoins to Bitcoin and Ethereum. Data for this year was analyzed for the current Bithumb report.
Overall, according to it, 82.5% of the investors in their 20s, whose portfolios were analyzed, preferred altcoins with a higher volatility than Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Here’s who values BTC and ETH over XRP, FLZ and DAR
The above-mentioned group is opposed to the age group of investors in their 30s – and Ethereum as an asset to invest the biggest amount of their funds.The proportion of investment in BTC and ETH among people of this age group is 28.2%. For those in their 40s it is 21.7%, in their 50s – 22.2% and 60s or older – 23.0%, the report states.
As for the proportion of investment in XRP, it was spread as follows: people in their 20s – 20.7%, 30s – 17.0%, 40s – 11.8%, 50s – 14.9% and 60s or older – 13.8%.
Next most popular altcoins after XRP for 20-year-olds were Fellaz (FLZ) ranked 2,296 by market cap – 5.8% and Mines of Dalarnia (DAR) ranked 449 by market cap – 3.0%.
These two coins were listed by Bithumb on March 31 and January 27, respectively.
Cryptocurrency expert Kim Dong-hwan, chief of Wonderfame, believes the love of people in their 20s to XRP and smaller, less-known altcoins, has to do with the fact that they are inclined to aim at quick profits rather than long-term investments.