FINRA found the number of people invested in crypto was steady from 2021 to 2024, but fewer were considering either buying more or investing for the first time.
Stephen Katte
Stephen Katte is an Australia based journalist who joined Cointelegraph in 2022 as a writer on the Asia-Pacific news desk. Previously, he wrote gambling related articles for casinos and covered international news with a focus on the United States. He also covered local Australian news with regional papers under the banner of major media company’s Fairfax Media and Nine. He holds a bachelor’s degree in writing from the University of Canberra. Stephen has no crypto holdings above Cointelegraph’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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