The Kraken survey covers the investor perception towards the crypto sector. The survey indicated that around 70% of the respondents confirmed a preference for Bitcoin, others were looking to invest in new token listings and memecoins.
The Survey Includes Only US Investors
The survey was conducted with investors as participants from the United States. The surveyors asked the participants about their stance on traditional investment products such as stocks, real estate, and bonds with digital assets.
The survey collected feedback from 2,191 residents above the age of 18 to understand the prevailing sentiments. The survey was aiming to find how many investors are planning to continue investing for 2025 and what were the digital assets on their investment radars?
Traditional investment products such as stocks, bonds, and real estate were listed among the most popular investment options for traditional investors.
However, about 73% of the crypto investors retained that they plan to continue investing in digital assets in 2025. The survey further indicated that around 45% of investors vouched for intending to keep investing in cryptocurrencies.
The remainder 29% retained that they were somewhat likely to continue on the same route. Survey participants with a higher household income made up the majority of participants with crypto investment retention next year.
American Investors to Prefer Crypto Over Stocks and Real Estate
The households with a median income of $175,000 to $200,000 expressed the intention to invest in digital assets by 82% for 2025. Meanwhile, 59% of investors with $0 to $24,999 household income were also planning to invest in the same category.
The survey has indicated that about 36% of the participants opine that crypto has a higher growth potential in comparison to stocks and real estate.
At the same time, about 13% of investors leaned in favor of bonds while 17% showed a preference for real estate as the most growth potential asset. A considerable amount of investors have indicated that they view cryptocurrencies to have higher potential.
However, the investors’ responses also showcase that the type of cryptocurrencies also matters. 70% respondents voted in favor of Bitcoin, 17% for Solana, and 12% for DOGE.
Analysts at Kraken also added a summary of the results. As per the researchers, investors in the ongoing dynamics are more focused on stability.
Therefore, the most preferred coins to amass inflows in the upcoming year are the ones with a longer trading duration and established market cap. At the same time, these digital assets are also viewed as more secure.
Researchers further indicated that survey results show more actualized crypto investors. Therefore, when a considerable number of investors are chasing the memecoin rave others are focused on indexed cryptocurrencies as viable investment options all the while maintaining traditional investment portfolios.
Federal Reserve Survey
Another survey conducted by the Federal Reserve in May 2023 indicated that an astounding 18 million Americans invested in cryptocurrencies in 2023.
Only a unit percentage of Americans documented using cryptocurrencies as payments or sending it as remittance in 2023. The year leading up to October 2023 7% of US investors told surveyors about using cryptocurrencies.
The same metric accounted for 10% in 2022 and 12% in 2021. Federal Reserve report titled SHED was published on 21st, May. A Coinbase survey in 2023 noted that 1 in 5 Americans is a digital asset investor.
Another important statistic mentioned in the Federal Reserve report was in the form of a chart that listed the most popular crypto utilities. The top use in this category was that the payee or the organization preferred crypto payments.
The second one was faster transactions, the next was privacy, then cheaper costs, and 5th was robust security. Furthermore, the most popular age bracket for crypto investment was millennials. Furthermore, digital asset investments were more common among men in comparison to women investors.
