After President Donald Trump tweeted about NOT being interested in Bitcoin and other similar digital monetary systems, you'd await people being skeptic about investing their hard-earned US Dollars into something that has no physical representation.

Yet, what followed indicates that Trump tweeting about Bitcoin, was a free worldwide marketing reminder of the well-solid cryptocurrency realm.

A new study conducted by Grayscale Investments earlier this month finds out that an astonishing 83% of American investors, accredited, amateur or mainstream, are not only aware of Bitcoin and/or other cryptocurrencies, but they'd invest in it on the first given chance.

The study not only suggests that the majority of the mainstream audience is already considering purchasing digital assets as an investment move, but also that they'd do it most of the times, without even considering traditional investment options.

According to the report, although cryptocurrency investors are more mature when it comes to risk-tolerant investments, compared to traditional forex investors, their political believes, socioeconomic status, and respective professions are similar to a broader pool of surveyed investors.

In addition, Y and Z generation are jumping into the crypto train without the hesitation that previous generations develop when thinking about distributed ledgers. Nevertheless, it appears that the average crypto investor is around 42 years old against the 45 years old traditional investor.

Interestingly enough, we have a healthy and balanced pool of male and female investors in the crypto scene, against the traditional investment sectors which are dominated by male investors.

As a matter of fact, 80% of the female cryptocurrency investors said "I am interested in Bitcoin's growth potential", and 77% of females said that "I like that I can access my investments in Bitcoin at any time", compared to their male counterparts who are in both cases 78%, and 76% strong respectively.

"Significantly, women are more willing to make decisions based on additional education on the asset class, saying they’d be more likely to invest in Bitcoin if they knew more about it. The vast majority (93%) of them would be more open to the digital currency asset class if they had access to better educational resources (versus 84% of men) and 82% thought they’d be more likely to make investments in Bitcoin if a financial advisor recommended it (versus 74% of men)."

A tip of the potential gain generated by investing in Bitcoin, as the Grayscale research suggests based on a period between September 2013 and June 2019: “adding just 5% in Bitcoin to a simulated Global 60/40 portfolio more than doubled cumulative returns from 41.9% to 90.9%.”

More tickets for the crypto train

More than 1/3 (36%) of professional investors would consider investing in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, while an even higher 83% out of 1100 surveyed investors said they would 'dip their toes' into crypto with a small investment in Bitcoin. Moreover, an additional 79% of the surveyed subjects implied that they were positive on Bitcoin's growth potential.

Investors interested in Bitcoin are most of the times middle-class residents, with 70% of them being parents and nearly half of them (49%) generate less than $100,000 US Dollars per year. "They also read a lot and are generally optimistic about the future", the study suggests.

To these investors, investing in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin doesn't seem like a risky investment. Instead, they see it as an investment with regular risk, carrying the potential for large upscaling. Most of those investors start with a small amount of Bitcoin, while they cultivate their commitment alongside with the knowledge they gain during their period in the market. Finally, they see Bitcoin both as a short-term and long-term investment.

Last, but not least, the study finds that people interested in Bitcoin, are in sync with the financial media outlets, and news publishers. For example, people who are not into cryptocurrencies are less likely (less than 1/3) to read financial journals such as Forbes, while that number increases to almost 50% when they are engaged with Bitcoin.

This trend is held true across all financial media, indicated that Bitcoin-related investors are more likely to be financially updated and educated.

What's keeping skeptics skeptic?

Some investors believe that traditional hard or physical assets are more attractive to investors, but that's not the case according to the new study. As a matter of fact, Bitcoin which was classified by many as the "Digital Gold", investors are more likely to invest in Gold compared to traditional investors who are not involved in the DLT scene.

The report also shows that 75% of traditional investors and 68% of Bitcoin investors are concerned about cybersecurity issues, hacking, and fraud, while 65% of traditional investors and 53% of crypto investors are concerned about future regulations targeting the new digital asset class.

Nevertheless, a recent study by CivicScience indicates that only 2% of US investors are interested in Libra, Facebook's native currency more than Bitcoin.