US Reaches 1 Million Bitcoin Downloads, Chinese Interest Fades Dramatically

At the end of last month, we noticed remarkable growth in data points surrounding bitcoin adoption in China. During May, China was the only country among the top 10 for most bitcoin client downloads of all time to see month-over-month download growth, taking the top spot for the May. Moreover, CNY as a percentage of total BTC exchange volume more than tripled since the beginning of 2013. Just a few weeks earlier we noted that China was almost dead even with the US for total nodes connected to the bitcoin network. That growth trend tempered quickly in June. Chinese Download Volume …