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Do People Trust Crypto?

January 28, 2025 / 00:55

This episode discusses cryptocurrency payment trends, consumer confidence, and perceptions of volatility. Key topics include the willingness to pay versus receive wages in cryptocurrency.

The conversation highlights data collected since early 2023, showing a steady increase in interest in cryptocurrency transactions. It notes that consumers are more willing to pay in cryptocurrency than to receive wages in it, indicating a lack of confidence in the latter.

Experts discuss the implications of this asymmetry, suggesting that true confidence in cryptocurrency will emerge when consumers feel comfortable receiving wages in it. The episode emphasizes the varied perceptions of cryptocurrency's volatility among consumers.

TLDR

Consumers prefer paying in cryptocurrency over receiving it, indicating confidence issues.

Episode

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so an interesting thing is that since we started collecting this data in early 2023 it has steadily increased but
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there's some really interesting asymmetries in it so for example people are far more willing to pay in
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cryptocurrency than they are willing to be paid in cryptocurrency that tells you
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that there's still some wobbliness in there even if they say they're very
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confident in it I think that when we get to the point where consumers say okay it's okay for me to receive my wages in
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cryptocurrency then we're seeing really strong level of confidence this is a
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legitimate way to exchange value people still do recognize that it's extremely
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volatile but some of them find that exciting and I would say that is probably the core finding if we were to
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step back from our data as a whole we would say there's massive heterogeneity
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in people's perceptions

Episode Highlights

  • Consumer Confidence in Cryptocurrency
    Consumers show a willingness to pay in cryptocurrency, but hesitate to receive it.
    “People are far more willing to pay in cryptocurrency than to be paid in it.”
    @ 00m 09s
    January 28, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • People are far more willing to pay in cryptocurrency than to be paid in it.
    Do People Trust Crypto?
  • There's massive heterogeneity in people's perceptions.
    Do People Trust Crypto?

Key Moments

  • Consumer Behavior00:09
  • Confidence Levels00:23
  • Data Insights00:38