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What was the main reason you used cryptocurrency to buy something, make a payment, or send money?
Main reason for using cryptocurrency for payments · Asked in 4 waves, 2022–2025 · 916 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Privacy | To send the money faster | Cheaper | Safer | Don’t trust banks | Person or business receiving the money preferred cryptocurrency | Other (please specify) | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 3 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-28 | web | 12,934 | 279 |
| SHED 2024 2 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 213 |
| SHED 2023 7 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 159 |
| SHED 2022 9 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 265 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 17% |
| 19% |
| 14% |
| 9% |
| 7% |
| 26% |
| 8% |
| 279 |
| ±6 |
| 18–29 | 18% | 26% | 16% | 9% | 10% | 15% | 5% | 82 | ±11 |
| 30–44 | 19% | 14% | 15% | 10% | 8% | 27% | 7% | 119 | ±10 |
| 45–64 | 13% | 19% | 9% | 3% | 1% | 42% | 14% | 56 | ±14 |
| 65+ † | 5% | 14% | 4% | 11% | 4% | 39% | 24% | 22 | ±22 |
SHED 2025 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.