{"id":8843,"date":"2026-05-05T07:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=8843"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:53:50","slug":"survey-finds-majority-distrusts-donald-trump-on-crypto-oversight-despite-pro-industry-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=8843","title":{"rendered":"Survey Finds Majority Distrusts Donald Trump on Crypto Oversight Despite Pro-Industry Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"blockquote-block_051f5f1e80be31d694054d305903d033\" class=\"blockquote-container\" style=\"border-color: #5100fc\">\n<div class=\"blockquote-text\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Opinion Strategies found 62% of 1,000 registered US voters do not trust Donald Trump\u2019s administration to oversee crypto.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The late-April survey also found 73% oppose senior government officials having personal crypto business dealings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crypto ranked as the top 2026 midterm issue for only 1% of voters, far behind cost of living at 36%.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Public Opinion Strategies, a survey commissioned by <em>CoinDesk<\/em>, found 62% of registered US voters do not trust President Donald Trump\u2019s administration to oversee the crypto industry, exposing a political gap between Washington\u2019s pro-industry push and public confidence before the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online in late April and carried a credibility interval of about 3.5 percentage points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Respondents were evenly split between people who supported Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. That makes the distrust figure more striking than a routine partisan split.<\/p>\n<p>The poll also put Trump\u2019s overall approval at a stark 40% and 60% disapproving. This, despite his administration having (or at least showing signs) of backing digital-asset market-structure legislation, and even appointing \u201ccrypto-friendly\u201d regulators.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: WLFI Token Unlock Plan Nears Approval as Whales Dominate Vote\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conflict-concerns-rise\">Conflict Concerns Rise<\/h2>\n<p>The survey found 73% of respondents oppose senior government officials having personal business dealings in the crypto industry, while 59% of Republican voters also opposed those relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, 45% of respondents knew Trump and his family had built profitable crypto-related business interests, while only 17% knew Trump and his sons backed the launch of World Liberty Financial.<\/p>\n<p>A World Liberty Financial spokesman defended the administration\u2019s direction, stating: \u201cThe president has continually delivered on his promise to ensure that one of the most important technological breakthroughs of the century develops and thrives in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-crypto-remains-low-priority\">Crypto Remains Low Priority<\/h2>\n<p>Well, with everything that\u2019s going on in the world, only 1% of respondents ranked crypto as their top midterm issue, compared with 36% for cost of living, 13% for jobs and the economy, and 11% for Social Security and Medicare.<\/p>\n<p>The same data showed crypto with 30% favorability, below Republicans at 39% and Democrats at 43%. Asked which party they trusted more on crypto, 40% chose neither, while 27% picked Democrats and 25% picked Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Separate Public First polling for Politico, conducted among 2,035 US adults, found 45% of Americans said investing in crypto is not worth the risk. Nearly half of respondents also trusted a traditional bank more than a crypto platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: What Every Crypto Trader Needs to Think About Before EOFY<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cryptocurrency,Donald Trump,Surveys#Survey #Finds #Majority #Distrusts #Donald #Trump #Crypto #Oversight #ProIndustry #Push1777967630<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Opinion Strategies found 62% of 1,000 registered US voters do not trust Donald Trump\u2019s administration to oversee crypto. The late-April survey also found 73% oppose senior government officials having personal crypto business dealings. 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