HONOLULU (KHON2) — A 2022 study found that Hawaiʻi is amongst the top 10 states in the country most interested in cryptocurrency. The report analyzed Google Trends data from the 12 months’ worth of data and ranked each state by how often people searched for crypto-related terms online.
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California took the top spot with a score of 675. Hawaiʻi came in at #7 with a total score of 548. That placed Hawaii ahead of Utah, Massachusetts and Oregon.
The rankings were based on seven search terms: “Crypto”, “Bitcoin”, “Ethereum”, “Dogecoin”, “Cryptocurrency”, “NFT” and “Coinbase.” Each state was given a score for each term, and those numbers were combined for a final ranking.
Hawaiʻi scored highest on “Cryptocurrency” with 97. That was followed closely by “Bitcoin” at 93 and “Crypto” at 90. The lowest score came from “Coinbase” at 42…