In brief: Pew Research Center in its latest survey found that 86 percent of Americans have at least heard a little near cryptocurrencies, while nearly a quarter (24 percent) say they have heard a lot about them. Just 13 per centum said they have heard null at all about crypto.

Furthermore, a full 16 percentage of those questioned say they take personally invested in, traded or otherwise used cryptocurrency at some point.

Pew besides found patters among crypto usage / interest and demographic groups. For example, men were almost twice as likely as women to take reported ever using whatsoever type of cryptocurrency. Furthermore, virtual currencies are more than pop among younger demographics, with 31 percentage of those ages eighteen-29 having invested in, traded or used crypto, compared to only three percent of those aged 65 or older.

Crypto was also establish to be more popular among Asian, Hispanic and Black adults (in that order) compared to White adults, although there was no statistically significant differences in crypto interest when looking at household income.

Pew surveyed eleven,505 U.s.a. adults between September 13 and September 19, 2022, for the survey, although only 10,371 panelists responded, resulting in a response rate of 90 pct.

Bitcoin, the first and largest decentralized digital currency by market cap, debuted in early 2009, just information technology'd be many more years before it'd enter the mainstream ethos. Every bit illustrated past Pew's survey, crypto in general is pretty well known today with a collective market cap of nearly $3 trillion.

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