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Bitcoin Queries Are Surging in Turkey Amid Lira’s Crash

Google searches for Bitcoin exploded over the weekend after Turkey’s national currency dropped nearly 15%.

Turkish residents are searching about Bitcoin after the Turkish Lira dropped approximately 15% within few days. Turkish President Erdogan ordered the removal of the head of the country’s central bank last week and the national currency dropped significantly following the news.

The latest data from Google Trends shows that numbers of searches for Bitcoin spiked nearly 500% within few hours after the news of Lira’s crash. The national currency of Turkey dropped from 0.14 to 0.12 against the US Dollar after the removal of the Governor of the Turkish central bank.