Crypto-ready Index – Which countries are most prepared for the widespread adoption of cryptocurrencies? Romania is in top 10 worldwide for the number of crypto ATMs.

As cryptocurrencies become more popular around the world, a growing number of people are using and investing in popular currencies such as Bitcoin. Some countries are now starting to put more infrastructure in place to join the crypto revolution, piquing the interest of their residents.

But, which countries present the most opportunity for people to start trading and investing, and show the most interest in crypto?

To find out, cryptohead.io has taken a data-driven deep dive and have analyzed measures including the number of crypto ATMs in the country, and how accessible they are for the general population. Further to this, we looked at the government’s legal stance on the ownership of cryptocurrencies, and whether or not they can be used in banks. Lastly, the interest in cryptocurrencies is what drives them, and therefore the number of online searches and increase in these over the last year is a good indicator of rising interest in each country.

By combining the scores for all of these categories we have formulated a ‘crypto-ready score’ (out of ten) for 200 countries and territories across the world.

At 7.13, the United States has the highest score in the world. Romania has a crypto-ready score of 5.10 and ranks 33rd with the same score as Austria, but ahead of many important European countries, such as Check Republic (5.05), Sweden (5.03), Hungary (5.00), Italy (4.94), Poland (4.93) Spain (4.89), Switzerland (4.83) or France (4.56).

By far the biggest increase in crypto searches came in Romania, with a 331% increase from 34,200 to 147,500 the past year. Second place was Greece which saw 226% increase in the volume of crypto related searches, and the third highest increase of 213.1% occurred in Canada.