Augea Retail Crypto Cost Benchmark — Q2 2026 Edition

Snapshot-backed retail cryptocurrency buy-cost benchmark across 10 countries and two payment rails (card and bank), $100 BTC baseline. Includes country medians, observed ranges, card-vs-bank deltas, and a claim-gated headline comparison. Methodology frozen at v1.1.0. Selected headline finding (Q2 2026): Canada median card cost is 3.50× Poland, 4.90% vs 1.40%, with non-overlapping ranges.