89% still trust centralized custodians despite 2022’s collapses: Survey
1 min readAmerican crypto users haven’t lost their trust in “intermediaries” to hold their crypto, with a January survey from
Respondents qualified for the survey if they lived in the United States, were over 18 years of age, had a total household income greater than $50,000 and purchased cryptocurrency sometime within the last three years. The survey recruited 5,000 participants.
“Despite the volatile 2022 crypto landscape, consumers didn’t lose faith in their crypto investments. This number was unchanged from the previous year’s report, underlining the long-term confidence of those participating in crypto markets,” wrote Paxos.
The timing of the survey however means that the gleaned results did not take into account more recent crypto headwinds, such as the bankruptcy of crypto lender Genesis, the crackdown on Binance USD (BUSD) involving Paxos and the financial uncertainty of crypto bank Silvergate Capital.