New technologies are often scary. Then, over time, people get to know them a little—and often still wouldn’t touch them with a 10-foot pole. That would be you, cryptocurrency.
The Pew Research Center yesterday released the results of a survey showing that a whopping 88% of Americans have heard at least something about crypto, and three-quarters of those people are either not very confident (36%) or not at all confident (39%) about the safety and reliability of virtual currencies. A mere 6% are very or extremely confident in crypto.
Of course, hearing about something and experiencing it are two different things, and Pew’s research does show that those who have invested in crypto (around a sixth of U.S. adults, who tend to be wealthier, younger men) are somewhat more likely to find it trustworthy—just 43% of that cohort lack confidence in it. Americans aged 50 or older are less likely to be confident about crypto, as are women.
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