The survey found that only 13%Americans support candidates promoting crypto and DeFi development
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The survey said that only 13%of U.S. respondents support candidates promoting the development of blockchain, cryptocurrency, and DeFi development.
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Survey: Only 13%Americans support candidates promoting crypto and DeFi development
PANews October 27 reported, citing Eleanor Terrett, that a joint survey by DeFi Education Fund and Ipsos found that 35%of U.S. respondents believe political candidates should support building next-generation financial technology, but when the question explicitly referenced blockchain, cryptocurrency, and DeFi the proportion fell to 13%。74%of respondents believe the financial system needs to change so that individuals have more control over their assets; however, only 9%said they were very or extremely familiar with cryptocurrency, and only 5%highly trusted decentralized platforms. Among those interested in trying DeFi the leading intended uses were saving and domestic transfers in the United States, rather than speculation. Cryptocurrency ownership rose by 4 percentage points, while usage over the past 1 years remained unchanged at 13%。
DeFi Education Fund A joint survey by and Ipsos found that 35%of U.S. respondents support candidates building next-generation financial technology.
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When the question explicitly referenced blockchain, cryptocurrency, and DeFi the proportion in support fell to 13%。
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74%of respondents believe the financial system needs to change so that individuals have more control over their assets.
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Only 9%of respondents said they were very or extremely familiar with cryptocurrency, and 5%highly trusted decentralized platforms.
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Among those interested in trying DeFi the priorities were saving and domestic transfers in the United States, rather than speculation.
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Cryptocurrency ownership rose by 4 percentage points, while usage over the past 1 years was 13%。
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The survey indicates that respondents broadly support changes to the financial system, but have low familiarity with and trust in cryptocurrency and DeFi Respondents willing to try it are more focused on uses such as saving and transfers.
Why it matters to readers
Public support for financial innovation does not equate to support for cryptocurrency and DeFi; familiarity and trust may affect the adoption of related applications.
This can be understood as follows: many people believe the financial system needs improvement, but still do not understand or trust cryptocurrency and decentralized platforms.
Risks and unknowns
The original article was a media report by PANews paraphrasing the survey and did not provide the original survey pages from Ipsos or DeFi Education Fund.
The original article did not specify the survey sample size, sampling method, or detailed questionnaire design.
The survey results reflect respondents’ attitudes and cannot directly be used to infer how U.S. policy will change or how market prices will move.
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DeFi
A decentralized financial system that conducts activities such as lending and swapping through blockchain protocols.
