A survey provided to USA Today by Harris Poll has constitute that Blackness, Hispanic and LGBTQ Americans are significantly more likely to own crypto assets.

According to surveys of 2,010 and 2,003 American adults conducted during June and July, 23% of Black Americans and 17% of Hispanic Americans indicated they are currently invested in digital assets, compared to but eleven% of white Americans and 13% of the general public. Near 25% of LGBTQ respondents also said they agree crypto.

Cryptocurrency awareness is also higher among minority groups, with half of Blackness Americans, Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans expressing familiarity with cryptocurrency, while only 37% of white Americans answered the same.

The poll as well establish that 43% of Blackness Americans believe they have not been treated fairly by the cyberbanking and loans industries, a sentiment echoed by 39% of LGBTQ respondents. By contrast, 28% of the full general public said they had been treated unfairly by the finance sector.

According to Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema, many marginalized communities take experienced fiscal discrimination, probable contributing to their increased willingness to explore decentralized assets:

"There has been a long history of bigotry in investments and that could exist why we have seen a wide demography of interest and inclusivity in crypto — because information technology'southward new, open and seemingly has fewer barriers to entry."

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Tyrone Ross, CEO of investment informational firm Onramp Invest, echoed Gerzema's sentiment, stating, "Crypto is very large with Blackness millennials and LGBTQ Americans considering it represents freedom."

"This is very much a social movement [...] representation and equality are what crypto promotes, evokes and distributes," he added.