The results of a recent survey into the preferences of American freelancers by P2P platform Humans.net has revealed that 29% of professionals in the US would be happy to receive either a full or part salary payment in cryptocurrency.
Among the 1,100 US respondents in the survey were self-employed professionals such as self-employed writers, tutors, designers, and developers, of which 4% were already in receipt of some form of salary, in either Bitcoin or Ethereum.
Some 18% of the respondents, who were chosen randomly and not pre-screened prior to selection, said that they would prefer to be paid in Bitcoin or another digital currency over a fiat salary. An additional 11% said that we would not be averse to some kind of partial payment comprising both cryptocurrency and fiat. This resulted in a 29% thumbs-up among survey respondents for some kind of crypto salary.
The age group of freelance professionals in this field is generally millennials based, such is the nature of innovation and design in fintech, attracting many college leavers. A new Clovr survey of investment potential, conducted in October, positioned high-earning millennials at the center stage when it comes to owning cryptocurrency.
These latest figures confirm the results of other surveys conducted this year, showing that it is millennials with money who appear to be taking on cryptocurrency in ever-increasing numbers. This is partly due to the lack of investment options in tradition areas. The Clovr study shows that it is those with annual incomes of between USD 75,000 and USD 99,999 that have become serious investors.
The number of those self-employed professionals looking toward a Bitcoin-based salary was illustrated by another recent survey conducted by British tech company, Sage, that highlighted the fact that across the Atlantic UK freelancers were also keen to receive some kind of crypto-fiat salary payment. The UK survey of 1,000 suggested that similar to the US survey, 31% of Brits would also go for a Bitcoin salary payment should it be offered. Darren Francis, who commissioned the survey commented:
“It’s interesting that more people were leaning towards the “all-in” option; having their sole or dominant income paid to them in cryptocurrency.”
The one emerging fact from the two surveys is that the dip in the value of Bitcoin over past weeks has done little to dampen millennials’ enthusiasm for acquiring the digital currency during this period of market instability, whether it be as part of their salary or a simple purchase. Bitcoin at time of writing is priced at USD 3,884.41 on CoinMarketCap.
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