Recent findings from research consultancy HarrisX underscore a pronounced alignment between the crypto investor community and the Trump Administration's stance on digital assets. An overwhelming 81% of crypto investors report being familiar with the Administration’s crypto policies, and this awareness translates into highly favorable sentiment. Some highlight datapoints that stood out are:

• 71% of crypto investors say Trump administration policies have had a positive impact on cryptocurrencies as a financial asset. Nearly half (49%) of all retail investors agree.
• 64% of crypto investors and 40% of all retail investors say Trump’s policies have made them more likely to invest in cryptocurrencies.
• 73% of crypto investors approve of the job President Trump is doing on cryptocurrencies, the highest approval rating among all issues tested in the poll.
     
     

Key Findings

Among crypto investors, Trump’s net approval on cryptocurrency policy is the highest among all issues tested, with 73% expressing approval and only 18% expressing disapproval.

This policy alignment has tangible investment implications with 71% of crypto investors saying the Administration’s policies have positively impacted the investment case for crypto, and 64% saying it makes them more likely to invest personally. These effects also ripple into the broader retail investor market, where 40% of investors indicate an increased likelihood of investing due to these policies.

The data further reveals growing optimism, with 82% of crypto investors saying it's a good time to invest (up 9 points since March), and bullish sentiment rising for both short- and long-term returns. Momentum is building, with more crypto investors planning to buy crypto in the next month and expecting price gains over the coming year. These insights suggest that regulatory tone and policy perceptions are playing a critical role in shaping crypto market dynamics and investor behavior.

• Crypto investors are following policy changes related to crypto closely, with 81% citing familiarity with the Trump Administrations policies on cryptocurrencies.
  
  • Retail investors and the rest of the general public trail in their familiarity of the Trump administration policies on cryptocurrencies, with 47% and 34% citing familiarity respectively – highlighting significant opportunity for broader awareness building.
• While crypto investors strongly approve of the job Trump is doing across various issues, from cost of government to immigration, to returning America 'to its values', NET approval ratings among the crypto community for his job on cryptocurrencies is the highest (73% approve vs. 18% disapprove).  
  
  • For reference, net approval on crypto is +56 (among crypto investors), versus
    
    • +48 on reducing the cost of government,
    • +47 on returning America ‘to its values’,
    • +42 on immigration,
    • +41 on administering the government, and
    • +39 on the economy.
• In fact, overall approval of Trump among crypto investors is up +9pts since March (63% vs. 72%).
• A strong 71% majority of crypto investors feel the Trump Administration policies have had a positive impact on cryptocurrencies as a financial investment.
  
  • Nearly half (49%) of retail investors share this positive sentiment (compared to 15% neutral, 17% negative, and 19% unsure).
• Further, majority (64%) of crypto investors say the trump policies on crypto make them more likely to personally invest in cryptocurrencies. 2 in 5 retail investors (40%) say the same.
• This is fueled by an underlying sentiment that it is a good time to invest in crypto. 82% of crypto investors say it’s a good time to invest, up +9pts since March.
• Compared to March of this year, crypto investors are increasingly likely to invest in crypto in the next month (67% March vs. 73% Current; up +6pts).
• Relative to March, crypto investors are more likely to feel that cryptocurrencies are both a good short-term investment (77% March vs. 81% Current; up +4pts) and long-term investment (75% March vs. 81% Current; up +6pts).
• Crypto investors are increasingly bullish on crypto over the next 1 month and 12 months.  Compared to March, they are more likely to think the value of crypto will go up in the next month (54% March vs. 60% Current; up +6pts) and over the next year (61% March vs. 68% Current; up +7pts).

Data Methodology

The survey was conducted online within the United States from June 18-19 among 1,096 adults via the HarrisX Overnight Poll. The sample includes 230 cryptocurrency investors with 133 respondents coming from the nationally representative sample and an additional oversample of 97 crypto investors.  The June data is compared to an initial wave of the study that was conducted from March 5-15 among 3,192 adults, including 433 cryptocurrency investors.  

Respondents for the HarrisX Overnight Poll are recruited through opt-in, web-panel recruitment sampling. Recruitment occurs through a broad variety of professional, validated respondent panels to expand the sampling frame as wide as possible and minimize the impact of any given panel on recruiting methods. 
 
The results reflect a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults. Results were weighted for age, gender, region, race/ethnicity, and income where necessary to align them with their actual proportions in the population. The margin of error for the June 18-19 study is +/-3.0 percentage points for all adults and +/- 6.5 percentage points for cryptocurrency investors.  The margin of error for the March 5-15 study is +/- 1.7 percentage points for all adults and +/- 4.7 percentage points for cryptocurrency investors.

About HarrisX

HarrisX is the preeminent strategic research and data analytics company focused on emerging technology such as Artificial Intelligence, Cryptocurrencies and Web3. HarrisX conducts multi-method research in the United States and over 50 countries around the world on behalf of Fortune 100 companies, public policy institutions, global leaders, NGOs, and philanthropic organizations. HarrisX was the most accurate pollster of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and one of the most accurate outfits in the 2024 presidential election, correctly calling the results in 5 out of 7 battleground states and Donald Trump winning the national vote.

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