Public Perception of Virtual Assets and Tokenized Money

21 Figure 18. Concerns over Investing in Virtual Assets High volatility of virtual asset values Fraud by the investment platform Fraud by the virtaul asset issuer Do not know how to value virtual assets Environmental impact of virtual assets (e.g., energy consumption of mining) Virtual assets are not regulated Virtual assets are too complicated to understand Virtual assets have no actual assets or cash flows backing I do not have any concern Others The most important 2nd most important 3rd most important 6.96% 9.47% 10.80% 4.08% / 4.72% / 5.34% 20.18% 17.14% 15.52% 9.35% 10.18% 11.68% 0.99% / 0.90% / 2.00% 0.10% / 0.02% / 0.09% 12.33% 12.69% 13.78% 21.08% 17.79% 14.79% 10.90% 10.75% 11.02% 14.04% 16.34% 14.99% 0% 20% 10% 30% 40% 60% 50%