Almost every tenth resident of the United States is ready to present cryptocurrencies as a gift for the New Year, and every fourth is ready to buy them in the new 2022. Such results were obtained by specialists of the BlockFi landing platform.
The survey involved 1,262 US residents aged 18 to 65.
Among respondents aged 9-25 (generation Z), the percentage of the popularity of digital assets in the answers was twice as high as the average for the sample.
The respondents gave preference to Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and Ethereum. Only 2% expressed interest in receiving NFTs, but 15% plan to purchase similar tokens in 2022.
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A third of the respondents considered it more appropriate to discuss cryptocurrencies at the holiday table than politicians.
Among men, the proportion of those who would prefer digital assets to gift cards was three times higher than among women.
The researchers also found that less than a quarter of the respondents had a complete understanding of how to donate cryptocurrencies technically.
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Recall, according to a report by Grayscale Investments, 26% of US investors have already invested in bitcoin, while more than half have become its owners over the past year.
According to a Pew Research Center survey, since 2015, the number of American adults familiar with the first cryptocurrency has increased from 48% to 86%.