Bitcoin’s Current Holders Are New, With 55% Getting in This Year

  • Crypto firm says it’s increasingly difficult to ignore Bitcoin
  • World’s biggest cryptocurrency is up almost 70% year to date
Bitcoin and Other Digital Tokens Plunge as Risk Aversion Grips Markets
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Interest and demand in Bitcoin rose a lot in 2021 despite the digital asset’s turbulence. More than half of current investors got in over the last 12 months, according to crypto-firm Grayscale Investments LLC.

In a survey of 1,000 people, about a quarter said they already owned Bitcoin and of that 55% said they started investing this year.