Mastercard Survey – 40% Intend to use Crypto for Payments in the Next Year
A new survey by Mastercard shows four out of ten people intend to use crypto for payments in the next year
40% intend to use crypto for payments in the next year: Mastercard survey
“The survey, published on May 4 and titled ‘Consumer Appetite for Digital Payments Takes Off’, polled more than 15,500 people across 18 countries.
It revealed that millennials are especially engaged in cryptocurrencies, with over two-thirds, or 67%, agreeing they are more open to using cryptocurrency than they were a year ago. Additionally, it reported that 77% of millennials are interested in learning more about cryptocurrency, while 75% agree they would use digital assets if they understood them better.
Millennials are classified by the U.S. Census Bureau as people born between 1982 and 2000 which means that their age range in 2021 is between 21 and 39 years old.
The move to expand access to cryptocurrencies has already begun — in mid-February Mastercard announced that it would support digital asset payments for its almost one billion users to use at more than 30 million merchants.
The 40% figure for general crypto usage spanned all ages surveyed, with respondents coming from North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.”
