US Crypto Ownership Falls to 11% as 63% of Investors See High Risk

Investor Ownership Retreats From Its 2025 Peak

U.S. investors pulled back from cryptocurrency after ownership reached a record level in 2025. Gallup, the Washington-based research and analytics company, released its latest survey on Sept. 21, placing crypto ownership at 11% among investors with at least $10,000 in investable assets, six percentage points below last year’s 17% reading.

The June 1-15 poll of 2,043 U.S. adults, including more than 1,000 investors, also placed ownership among all adults at 9%, down from 14% in Gallup’s initial measurement last year. Even after the decline, the investor rate remains above the 6% recorded in 2021 and the 2% measured in 2018. The results also showed that 66% of investors had no interest in crypto, while 19% were intrigued or planned to buy.

Crypto investing also represented a minority activity in the Federal Reserve’s 2025 Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking, with 9% of adults having bought or held cryptocurrency as an investment during the preceding year. Only 2% used it for payments or transfers. Those measures cover prior-year activity rather than current ownership, making them distinct from Gallup’s June snapshot.

The Pullback Is Broad, but Not Even