Over 60 percent of parents in the United States have expressed interest in their children being taught about cryptocurrency, a new report by an educational platform, ‘study.com’ has said.
The report said that it had aggregated the data from 884 American parents and 210 college graduates.
These respondents, it said had significant knowledge of cryptocurrency.
“64% of parents responded in the affirmation that cryptocurrencies should be taught in schools. Parents who had crypto investments represented 68% and they had supported their children’s education with an average of $766 earned as profit from their investments.
When asked what was the best time to start crypto education, 24% of the parents representing the majority noted it’s best to start right from high school.
67% of college students who participated in the study confirmed that they had crypto investments and had contributed an average of $1,086 to their education using profits from crypto.” an analysis of the report published by ‘cryptoslate’ said.
