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One in 3 investors consider cryptocurrency “rat poison,” according to the results of a

JPMorgan survey published on Tuesday.

The bank said that one in three investors who responded to a survey deemed crypto
“rat poison,” while an additional 16% called it a “temporary fad.” JPMorgan
conducted the survey at its 24th Macro, Quantitative & Derivatives Conference on
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(95%) believing fraud is somewhat or very much prevalent in [the] crypto world,”
they added.

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