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Those who own cryptocurrency are more likely to have “dark tetrad” personality traits, according to a new study. Investors in digital currencies are also more likely to be men, rely on fringe social media sources, believe in conspiracy theories and feel victimised. That is according to new research that polled 2,001 American adults on whether they owned or had owned cryptocurrency. Around 30 per cent of them said that they had. It then asked about important demographic information, as well as other questions aimed at revealing their political, psychological and social traits. The researchers then took that data and attempted to work out what characteristics were the best predictors of whether someone had bought cryptocurrency. They found that among other important characteristics, those who had bought them were more likely to report that they had personality traits aligned with the “dark tetrad”. That is made up of narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism.

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