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In focus: European Central Bank data placing crypto acceptance at just 0.2% of online transactions across euro area merchants, with physical point-of-sale uptake held below 1%.
Mobile payments moved the other way, gaining ground in the same period. The next confirmable data point is a follow-up ECB survey; until then, 0.2% is the number.
The numbers The ECB survey captured two separate merchant channels. Online, crypto registered 0.2% acceptance. At physical registers, the figure stayed under 1%.
Both come directly from the ECB with no forward projection attached. Mobile payments, which the ECB noted gained ground, represent the contrasting trajectory in the same data set.
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