So the old saying goes that correlation does not imply causation. Why are spaniards, but no portuguese or italians or irish seeing this spike in bitcoin-related app downloads?
Theres a far more simple explanation that just sticking the "its Cyprus fault". Several popular spanish blogs and newspapers have run big stories about Bitcoin recently (Xataka, El Mundo...). That probably has sparked curiosity among spaniards on the Bitcoin phenomenon. Simple as that.