The Average American Bitcoin Owner Is Not Who You’d Expect

Colin and Charlie dive deep into the Nakamoto Project's groundbreaking survey revealing what the average American really thinks about Bitcoin. From surprising ownership demographics to political shifts and moral foundations, this data challenges everything you think you know about who owns Bitcoin and why.

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**Notes:**
• 48 million Americans own Bitcoin (18.6% surveyed)
• 11 million hold their own keys (4.21%)
• Hispanic/Latino ownership leads at 24.2%
• 58.8% keep Bitcoin on exchanges
• Political shift right since 2024
• 4 in 5 support gold-to-Bitcoin conversion

Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:14 Highlights
05:12 Who holds Bitcoin?
08:35 How do people hold Bitcoin?
12:02 Ethnicity of Bitcoin holders
16:32 Politics
20:38 Changes in ownership from 2024
22:22 Sentiment
27:26 Moral Foundations
39:00 Crypto Reserve
43:12 Policy

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