Cryptocurrency holders more likely to have ‘dark’ personality traits of narcissism, psychopathy: Study

In 2021, the price of Bitcoin climbed to almost $69,000 before sinking below $16,000 in 2022 and then rocketing back to an all-time peak of almost $74,000 this year. Over the last few years, the digital asset industry has been whipsawed by everything from leaders getting convicted of fraud to presidential candidate Donald Trump touting a strategic national stockpile of Bitcoin.

The strongest predictors of whether someone owns cryptocurrency include variables such as being male, having a victimhood mindset, or relying on fringe social-media sources for news, the researchers wrote.