89% still trust centralized custodians despite 2022’s collapses: Survey By Cointelegraph

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American crypto users haven’t lost their trust in “intermediaries” to hold their crypto, with a January survey from Paxos suggesting a majority of United States crypto hodlers still trust banks, exchanges and mobile payment apps to custody their assets.

An annual online survey published on Mar. 7 by the stablecoin issuer conducted between Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 sought to understand how the crypto winter and “large industry fallouts” in 2022 — including FTX and Alameda Research — impacted consumer behavior and confidence in the crypto ecosystem. Paxos noted:

Graph showing respondents who indicated they were likely to purchase crypto from their primary bank. Source: Paxos
75% of respondents continued to be confident in the future of crypto. Source: Paxos