Cornell Bitcoin Club

Week 7: Trust & Risk — How Bitcoin Stacks Up

Across 25 countries, trust in bitcoin averages 4.67/10, placing it below traditional assets such as gold and real estate.

🔸 In 10 countries, reported trust in bitcoin exceeds trust in government (including 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇹🇷 Turkey, 🇺🇦 Ukraine). 🔸 Perceived risk remains high relative to most other assets, which may constrain broader adoption. 🔸 Responses to questions about fraud, privacy, and service providers were dominated by “neutral,” suggesting uncertainty rather than clear endorsement or rejection. 🔸 Higher reported financial stress often coincides with higher levels of bitcoin ownership and trust, though correlation does not imply causation.

Overall, bitcoin’s position is shaped less by uniform acceptance or rejection and more by patterns of uncertainty, comparative trust, and local economic context.

📙 Read Week 7 and download all charts here: https://www.cornellbitcoinclub.org/repository/week7

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📢 Over the next 10 weeks, we’re sharing findings from one of the most comprehensive global studies ever conducted on bitcoin and financial freedom supported by Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and The Reynolds Foundation.

✅ 25,000 people 🌍 25 countries 📊 250 interviews

1️⃣ question: What does bitcoin reveal about the state of trust, agency, and economic possibility in the world today?

For the first time in recent history, we’re watching a monetary system spread not by force but by choice.

Not through war. Not through colonization. Not through central banks or capital controls.

But through voluntary adoption, one phone, one wallet, one person at a time.

What does that mean for the future of money and freedom?

🔗 Read more: https://www.cornellbitcoinclub.org/blog/week0-setting-the-stage

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