July 07, 2025

The Average American Bitcoin Owner Is Not Who You'd Expect

47 minutes

Colin and Charlie dive deep into the Nakamoto Project's groundbreaking survey revealing what the average American really thinks about Bitcoin. From surprising ownership demographics to political shifts and moral foundations, this data challenges everything you think you know about who owns Bitcoin and why.

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**Notes:**

• 48 million Americans own Bitcoin (18.6% surveyed)

• 11 million hold their own keys (4.21%)

• Hispanic/Latino ownership leads at 24.2%

• 58.8% keep Bitcoin on exchanges

• Political shift right since 2024

• 4 in 5 support gold-to-Bitcoin conversion

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:14 Highlights

05:12 Who holds Bitcoin?

08:35 How do people hold Bitcoin?

12:02 Ethnicity of Bitcoin holders

16:32 Politics

20:38 Changes in ownership from 2024

22:22 Sentiment

27:26 Moral Foundations

39:00 Crypto Reserve

43:12 Policy

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**POSTS FOR X (TWITTER)**

• "Bitcoin ownership was not skewed conservative" - last year's finding completely flipped as Trump embraced crypto @troybcross

• "Bitcoin Twitter are not real life. They are a facsimile of real life, distorted and misleading" - harsh but fair reality check

• "48 million Americans own Bitcoin... I'm kind of curious where all those people are" - the invisible majority problem

• "Maybe white people are just looking to fill a void in their lives, so we make it a part of our personality" - brutal self-reflection

• "Most people are kind of normal, rational people in that they just don't care" - about strategic Bitcoin reserves

• "The average person has trouble distinguishing between Bitcoin and crypto" - education gap remains massive

• "People who own Bitcoin overwhelmingly trust, know, consider high utility and consider Bitcoin good" - correlation confirmed

• "Liberty as the basis for moral foundation" - strongest predictor of Bitcoin ownership according to new data

**CHAPTERS CREATED BY AI (CHECK FOR ACCURACY)**

00:00 Start

00:45 Nakamoto Project Report

02:43 48M Americans Own Bitcoin

05:29 Bitcoin Storage Methods

08:36 Demographics Breakdown

12:22 Race & Ownership Rates

17:00 Political Shifts in 2025

20:39 Trump Effect Analysis

24:34 Sentiment & Attitudes

27:57 Moral Foundations

34:21 Trust & Perception

39:04 Strategic Reserve Policy

45:46 Gold Conversion Rates

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