With 70 million American adults holding crypto, 40% of U.S. merchants accepting digital assets, and the U.S. posting $212 billion in Q1 2026 transaction volume, the numbers make it difficult to argue that cryptocurrency is anything other than mainstream commerce.

Trump has been saying it for a year. At the White House Digital Assets Summit and in repeated public statements, he has framed his administration as the one that moved crypto from the fringe to the centre of American finance. The data from 2026 gives that claim more substance than his critics tend to acknowledge. Security.org’s annual consumer report found that 30% of American adults , roughly 70.4 million people , now own cryptocurrency, up from 27%…