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  • Digital Asset Markets

Background:

  • Speculative trading shares similarities with gambling due to limited information, short-term gains, and uncertain outcomes.
  • Individuals attracted to gambling are more likely to engage in high-risk speculation like day-trading and cryptocurrency trading.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine if gambling and problem gambling predict the intensity of cryptocurrency trading.
  • To investigate the relationship between sports betting, crypto trading, and problem gambling severity.

Main Methods:

  • Study involved 543 participants (85% aged 18-40) reporting monthly sports betting, crypto trading, or both.
  • Assessed gambling and problem gambling as predictors of cryptocurrency trading intensity.
  • Utilized Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) scores.

Main Results:

  • Highest gambling and problem gambling rates were observed in individuals participating in both sports betting and crypto trading.
  • Problem gambling scores (PGSI) and stock trading engagement significantly correlated with cryptocurrency trading intensity (time, trades, expenditure).

Conclusions:

  • Gambling behaviors, particularly problem gambling, are significant predictors of cryptocurrency trading intensity.
  • Future research should explore how gambling history influences cryptocurrency investment decisions and risk-taking.
  • Findings highlight the overlap between gambling and speculative digital asset trading behaviors.