A Quarter of Rich Millennials Say They Own Cryptocurrency, Another Third ‘Interested’
bitcoin

A Quarter of Rich Millennials Say They Own Cryptocurrency, Another Third ‘Interested’

THELOGICALINDIAN - A new abstraction has appear that added than a division of flush millennials either accept or are application cryptocurrency

Now The Largest Generation in the US

Communications and business close Edelman has appear its Millennials With Money report, which begin that 25 percent either accept cryptocurrency and/or are application it. What’s more, addition 31 percent say they’re “interested in application it.”

The accustomed abstraction was based on a analysis of 1,000 flush millennials, which is authentic actuality as accepting at atomic $50K in investable assets or $100K in alone or collective income, with allegory groups of non-affluent millennials and flush Gen Xers.

Millennials Much More Interested in Cryptocurrencies, Could Care Less About Stocks

Millennials, contrarily accepted as Gen Y, are bound acceptable the ascendant bearing back it comes to finances. They are already accomplish up the better demographic accumulation in abounding developed countries. 

There are no exact dates to actuate who is a Millennial, however. But the accepted accord is the birthdate has to abatement amid the aboriginal 2024’s to the aboriginal 2024’s. In added words, if you’re anywhere from 18 to 34, you’re apparently a Millennial. 

“Millennials are the better bearing in the United States, authoritative up added than a division of the nation’s active population,” the address explains.

Millennials Dominate Crypto

Having developed up during a aeon of accelerated abstruse advancement, the address says that this bearing “eagerly embraces disruption.” It additionally begin that back it comes to banking advice, 23 percent accept enlisted robo-advisors.

Other contempo studies abstracts sources tend to affirm the after-effects of the above report. For example, last month’s online survey by YouGov Omnibus produced actual agnate results. The research complex 1,202 adults who appear they’re are absorbed in cryptocurrency exclusively, acceptation they would canal the U.S. dollar if accustomed the chance. 

Meanwhile, abstracts from Coin.dance shows that millennials boss the cryptocurrency amplitude with about bisected of all users falling into the category.

 

Earlier this year, Bitcoinist reported that millennials were abundant added acceptable to advance in cryptocurrencies than stocks, clashing Boomers. The banking crisis of ’08 has fabricated millennials added afraid to advance in stocks. Namely, 13 percent of millennials chose cryptocurrency, compared to aloof 3 percent of those amid the ages 45 to 64.

In fact, abounding amid ages 18-34 see advance in cryptocurrencies as a agency to save for retirement, accustomed the abridgement of acutely bigger options alongside a abysmal disbelief of the all-around banking system.

Elsewhere, the accustomed trend is arresting in South Korea, arguably the world’s better hotspots back it comes to Bitcoin [coin_price] and cryptocurrency adoption.

In March, Bitcoinist reported that over 20 percent of South Korean 20-somethings accept bought cryptocurrencies. Moreover, those in their thirties (which calm become a ‘millennial’ category) were the additional better accumulation of crypto investors, of which 19.3 percent said they had invested in agenda assets.

Will Millennials be the bearing that drives cryptocurrency adoption? Share your thoughts below! 

Images address of Shutterstock, coin.dance