Ethiopia Crypto Statistics 2026: Adoption, Mining & Data

Last updated: June 2026.

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Ethiopia is a special case. Crypto activity surged to about $24 billion, pushing the country into the global Top 15, even as the birr lost more than half its value after the 2024 float.

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Why Ethiopia is unusual

Ethiopia mixes heavy currency-hedge demand with a strict regulator. The National Bank of Ethiopia has made clear that birr-paired peer-to-peer crypto trading is not permitted unless explicitly authorised, so on-ramps quoting prices in birr sit in a legal grey zone. At the same time, demand for USDT as a dollar substitute has surged since the 2024 float, and Ethiopia has become one of the world’s biggest Bitcoin-mining destinations thanks to cheap hydropower.

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