By numbers, currently, there are definitely more males in the crypto space than females..
Any crypto meetup/event/chat I've been a part of, the females are heavily outnumbered by the males, but I definitely think this will start to even out over time. The entire IT space as a whole is more male dominated than female so I think its only natural we'd see this reflect in the crypto space, especially in these early days (ie pre-mass adoption).
IMO, the whole issue is insignificant.. Its like saying there are mostly 25-40 year olds in the crypto space..
Who cares? Its just something for the media to blab on about because 'gender equality' is their flavour of the month topic..
I do agree with OP that there are certainly more females in the space than is talked about, and there are certainly females doing big things in crypto.
Take Dr. Gemma Green for example, one of the founders of Power Ledger, one of the most successful projects of 2017 and Australia's biggest ICO to date.
From the consumer side of things, I (female) am the person in my house/family who is the crypto junkie and I'm the most successful trader/investor within my immediate circle so far (yes, most of the others are males).
Some of the comments here are right in saying, us females probably just aren't as vocal about it.
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I don't think that there is more woman here in the crypto world because woman are fragile in making decisions. We all know that woman will choose focus on their make up that the bitcoin and that is a possible reality.
Dumbest comment I've read all week!
You think there are less women in crypto because we are 'fragile in making decisions'..?
Haha! I nearly choked on my coffee from laughing so hard at your stupidity..
.... now I better go and focus on my makeup