Just crossed with this interesting Leon Tweet showing an illustration of America's favorite investments
As you can see in the illustration above crypto is not as important as we believe now. We dont have to lose the perspective because we usually believe that everybody knows crypto, etc. because we do but reality is totally different.
According to a recent survey that asked Americans what they consider their favorite long term investment shows that crypto has growth potential:
- Stocks: 27%
- Real Estate: 24%
- Cash/Savings: 21%
- Gold: 9%:
- Crypto: 6%
- Bonds: 6%
Crypto ties with bonds and sits way below traditional assets. Even thought all the media hype, ETFs, institutional adoption and billion dollar companies entering the space, only 6% of people see crypto as their top long term play and this is extremely bullish.
Major asset class in history followed the same adoption curve:
- Ignored
- Mocked
- Speculated on
- Regulated
- Adopted
- Standard
Stocks used to be "too risky", real estate was "only for the rich", gold was considered outdated until it was not. Now crypto is going through the same cycle and we are early enough because:
- Most people don't understand it
- Regulation is still being formed
- Institutions are slowly warming up
- Retail hasn’t fully arrived
Meanwhile crypto keeps building and evolving, faster payments, tokenization, DeFi, gaming, AI integration, global accessibility, etc.
Crypto is the future and Ethereum is getting a really good place on this future building an insane ecosystem.
Source:
Crypto Is Only 6% of America's Favorite Investments – We are Way Earlier Than We Think And That Is Really Bullish
byu/kirtash93 inethtrader
Posted by kirtash93
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It would also be the same in my country.
I think in the next five years, crypto will be in the top 2.
^(!tip 1)
Yes. However you gotta admit that 100s of meme coins that have no purpose and have market caps in the billions is weird.
It’s good to see that a decent number of coins have uses.
I exited crypto in 2018 but taking a look around now in 2025 it’s cool to see how far the market has come and the large increase of accessibility and adoption.
Solana wasn’t a thing back in 2017 and I’m liking what I’m seeing there.
The volatility keeps things interesting. I hate the stock market for trading in comparison. The limited hours, lack of stop losses executing after hours. Not being able to see the order book. Sub par trading platforms. Crypto is a lot nicer and more accessible in those regards.
And what percent of that are normal people and not the top 1%?