The U.S. is the world's most "crypto-ready" country, according to a recently released ranking by crypto education platform Crypto Head. As Statista data journalist Niall McCarthy observed in a blog post last week, the research delved into several factors impacting cryptocurrencies around the world such as public interest, the government's legal stance as well as ownership of digital currency. A further important element was the accessibility of Bitcoin, Dogecoin and co, especially the prevalence of crypto ATMs.

The U.S. scored 7.3 out of 10 in the Crypto Head ranking, mainly thanks to its dense and growing crypto ATM network, McCarthy pointed out. There were 17,436 crypto ATMs across the country in 2021, though that figure has nothing on the 470,000 or so conventional ATMs documented in the U.S. in 2018. It is still far ahead of second-placed Canada which can lay claim to having the first ever crypto ATM.

To read more about McCarthy’s analysis of the Crypto Head data, click here.