Bitcoin positivity in decline, says Austrian banking giant

“Bitcoin is the future of money,” reads a BitPanda ad campaign. BitPanda, an Austrian crypto start-up, launched its exchange this week after raising 43.6 million Euros from its IEO. 

Not so, says a recent survey from Austrian ING Bank. “Bitcoin has few friends in Austria,” reads the title of its latest survey, released in the past few days.

The Austrian bank found that crypto sentiment has ebbed in many of the world’s largest economies. ING surveyed almost 15,000 adults across Europe, the U.S. and Australia, and over 1,000 in Austria. 

Among 15 countries surveyed in Europe, Australia, and the U.S, the survey found that most skeptics were in Austria, with only 13 percent holding positive opinions about cryptocurrencies. 

Sentiment is generally higher in the USA than in Europe’s strongest economies. In the U.S., 31 percent hold positive feelings about cryptocurrencies.

But elsewhere in Europe, crypto sentiment is high in Turkey (62%), Romania (44%), and Poland (43%).