Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245468 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9287
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Employing representative data from the U.S. Survey of Consumer Payment Choice, we disprove the hypothesis that cryptocurrency investors are motivated by distrust in fiat currencies or regulated finance. Compared with the general population, investors show no differences in their level of security concerns with either cash or commercial banking services. We find that cryptocurrency investors tend to be educated, young and digital natives. In recent years, a gap in ownership of cryptocurrencies across genders has emerged. We examine how investor characteristics vary across cryptocurrencies and show that owners of cryptocurrencies increasingly tend to hold their investment for longer periods.
Subjects: 
digital currencies
cryptocurrencies
distributed ledger technology
blockchain
payments
digitalisation
banking
household finance
money
bitcoin
ether
xrp
bitcoin cash
litecoin
stellar
eos
JEL: 
D14
D91
E42
G11
G12
G28
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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