72% of Americans Say Candidates’ Support for US Fintech Matters, Versus 13% for Crypto
JH Kim
Summary
- A joint survey by the DeFi Education Fund and Ipsos found that 72% of Americans consider a candidate’s support for US financial technology (fintech) important.
- Only 13% said they consider a candidate’s support for digital assets (cryptocurrency), blockchain, and decentralized finance (DeFi) important.
- The gap in perceived importance between support for the fintech industry and support for digital assets, blockchain and DeFi stood at 59 percentage points.
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Seventy-two percent of Americans said it is important that election candidates support the US financial technology, or fintech, industry, while only 13% said the same for digital assets, blockchain and decentralized finance, or DeFi.
According to a joint poll released on October 27 by the DeFi Education Fund and Ipsos, 72% of respondents said a candidate’s support for the US fintech industry was important.
By contrast, only 13% said support for digital assets, blockchain and DeFi was important.
The gap between the two responses was 59 percentage points. The released findings did not include details on the survey period, sample size or methodology.

JH Kim
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