Grayscale Investments and The Harris Poll Survey Reveals that Democrats and Republicans Agree Cryptocurrency is the Future of Finance - Seite 2

●       Among those who have invested in cryptocurrency, only one quarter (25%) invested due to a recommendation from a financial advisor compared to 41% who read, saw, or heard something that piqued their curiosity, and 37% who received a recommendation from a friend or family member.

Bipartisan Support for Clear and Accessible Regulation

With the high-stakes midterm election now a week away, the survey took a look at the views of registered voters, of which 89% plan to cast a ballot. Among registered voters:

●       Nearly two in five (39%) see the U.S. as behind other countries in creating a regulatory environment that makes it easy or safe for anyone to buy or trade cryptocurrency.

●       Over a third (37%) are considering candidates’ policy positions on cryptocurrency before casting their vote.

●       81% agree there should be clearer cryptocurrency industry regulation, including 88% of Democrats and 77% of Republicans.

●       More than four in five of both Republicans (81%) and Democrats (82%) feel it is important to take a consumer-first approach to regulation – allowing consumers (not the government) to decide how to invest in cryptocurrencies by providing necessary information about various products, while creating a regulatory framework that ensures anyone can access cryptocurrency (80% among both Republicans and Democrats).

Methodology

This survey was conducted online within the United States between October 6-11, 2022, among 2,029 adults (aged 18 and over) by The Harris Poll on behalf of Grayscale Investments via its Harris On Demand omnibus product.

Data were weighted where necessary by age, gender, race/ethnicity, region, education, marital status, household size, household income, employment, and propensity to be online, to bring them in line with their actual proportions in the population.

Respondents for this survey were selected from among those who have agreed to participate in The Harris Poll surveys. The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the sample data is accurate to within + 2.8 percentage points using a 95% confidence level. This credible interval will be wider among subsets of the surveyed population of interest.