Survey: 9% American teenagers trade cryptocurrencies – Bits Media

According to the Piper Sandler investment bank, 9% teenagers in the United States traded cryptocurrencies. Experts consider it dangerous, that young people are trading with "high risk assets".

During the study by Taking Stock with Teens, Piper Sandler, It was interviewed 7000 teenagers, and about 630 The respondents said, that traded cryptocurrencies. However, during the survey, no additional information was collected about that, What cryptocurrencies were at the disposal of young people, kept the respondents cryptocurrency or actively traded it.

The results received raised the question of, Should adolescents have access to cryptocurrencies and what are the obligations of cryptocurrency exchanges in this regard. Kraken Managing Director in Europe Curtis Ting (Curtis Ting) said, that the cryptocurrency exchange "is very serious about its role in the creation of a safe cryptocurrency market". He added, that all the customers of the exchange should be older 18 years old, Regardless of their location.

Most cryptocurrency exchanges, Including Binance, Dogbase и gemini, impose age restrictions for opening an account. But teenagers can – at least theoretically – get access to cryptocurrency.

“It is likely, that adolescents received cryptocurrency as a gift from parents ", – Said co -founder Blockchain Research Lab Ingor Fidler (Ingo Fiedler).

According to him, Crypto acts could become available to young people through a free distribution, In the form of payment for work, referral bonuses, remuneration programs for developers or through other ways to receive income in cryptocurrency.

The founder of Blocksbridge Nisant Sharma is concerned about those, that adolescents can easily access crypto actes. His opinion was supported by Quantum Economics Analyst Jason Dean (Jason Deane) And he said, that adolescents should not have access to trading with high risk assets. He advocates developing recommendations on security, which include the creation of cryptocurrency accounts controlled by parents for minors, as well as strict restrictions on trade and obtaining the consent of parents for each action.

“Teenagers can be presented with crypto assets or allowed to invest in them for a long time by analogy with traditional financial instruments”, – added Dean.

According to Sharma, the most important – teach children financial literacy, Including cryptocurrencies, From an early age.

"I think, that such information should be part, which are developed by schools and governments around the world, To teach people to identify false information on the Internet ", – He said.

Recall, that according to a recent study
Financial supervision of Great Britain (FCA), "Personant sensations from investment" and "Status, based on a sense of property ”encourage young people to invest in cryptocurrencies and trading in the foreign exchange market.