10-07-2026IMPACT COUNCIL

Crypto is moving from wallet to worksite

For a growing number of businesses, crypto is becoming a practical tool for managing money, payments, and work.

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A contractor finishes a job on Friday. The crew wants to get paid, customers want to settle invoices, and business partners want access to money over the weekend.

These are ordinary business problems, happening on a regular basis. But the tools available to help solve them are changing.

More than 67 million Americans now hold crypto—that’s one in four Americans, up from one in five adults last year, according to our new report. That growth is beginning to show up where you might not expect: on job sites, in family-run businesses, and in day-to-day trades operations.

We found that construction workers account for 13% of U.S. crypto holders who are employed full-time. And among construction workers who hold crypto, 37% also accept it as a form of payment.

That suggests that some Americans are beginning to treat digital assets as a business tool. For people who make their living building, fixing, and running their own businesses, that shift makes intuitive sense.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF OWNERSHIP

Tradespeople tend to understand ownership in a tangible way. You own your tools, your truck, your customer relationships. You may even own the company itself.

Money has historically worked differently. It has........

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