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Salvadorans using Bitcoin for transactions down from 25.7% in 2021 to just 8% in 2024 and still declining (Instituto Universitario de Opinión Pública). That was the one place it gained actual real-life traction (versus token tourist-town traction, like in parts of Costa Rica, etc). Also use in China has cratered since the ban, obviously. Here's a good podcast with lots of numbers for sub-saharan Africa, showing bitcoin being displaced by stablecoins and decreasing overall: Bitcoin as MoE is not increasing notably anywhere in the world to make up for all the countries in which it's decreasing. Certainly not in the developed world. And in relative terms (versus stablecoins) it's being absolutely crushed. If you want online then look no further than Lightning network volume vs. Tron volume, those numbers are easily searchable.