{"id":92286,"date":"2025-12-16T20:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=92286"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:05:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:05:22","slug":"cryptocurrency-ownership-among-britons-falls-from-12-to-8-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/cryptocurrency-ownership-among-britons-falls-from-12-to-8-in-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptocurrency Ownership Among Britons Falls from 12% to 8% in a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between 2024 and 2025, the proportion of the adult population in the UK holding digital assets decreased from 12% to 8%, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fca.org.uk\/publication\/research-notes\/cryptoasset-consumer-research-2025-wave-6.pdf\">report<\/a> by the <span data-descr=\"Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom\" class=\"old_tooltip\">FCA<\/span>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-24c462a772449087-1119901095508937.webp\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-271875\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: FCA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For comparison, the figure was 4% in 2021 and 10% in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Public awareness of cryptocurrencies remains high at approximately 91%, with little change from previous years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-611ec4de8506879e-1119901140067348.webp\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-271876\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: FCA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the decline in the proportion of citizens holding cryptocurrencies, the average value of assets held by investors has increased.<\/p>\n<p>While the number of users with a portfolio worth \u00a3100 or less continues to fall, the number holding \u00a31,000-\u00a35,000 is steadily rising, reaching 21% of all British crypto investors. The share of market participants with investments up to \u00a310,000 stood at 11%.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study, centralised exchanges remain the most common method of acquiring assets.<\/p>\n<p>About 73% of respondents stated they usually make purchases through Coinbase, Binance, or Kraken. 15% use payment companies offering cryptocurrency services.<\/p>\n<p>Ease of use, reputation, security, and reliability were cited as the most important factors when choosing an exchange.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also revealed a gap in risk tolerance between cryptocurrency users and the general public. About 63% of digital asset holders are willing to engage in riskier trades to increase profits, compared to only 24% of regular investors who chose the same option.<\/p>\n<p>Opinions on regulation were divided. A quarter of surveyed crypto users said they would be more likely to invest with a clearer regulatory environment in the UK. Conversely, 11% fear government intervention. Another 25% doubted the effectiveness of any form of regulation.<\/p>\n<p>From January 1, 2026, the country&#8217;s tax authority <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/uk-to-impose-fines-for-concealing-crypto-asset-information\">will begin<\/a> tracking information on crypto asset owners for tax calculation and collection. Penalties are proposed for data concealment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between 2024 and 2025, the proportion of the adult population in the UK holding digital assets decreased from 12% to 8%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"UK cryptocurrency ownership fell from 12% to 8% between 2024 and 2025.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[167,810],"class_list":["post-92286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-research","tag-united-kingdom"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"157","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"UK cryptocurrency ownership fell from 12% to 8% between 2024 and 2025.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92288,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92286\/revisions\/92288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}