If you're invested, or at the very least heavily interested in cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, congratulations, you are a psychopath.
This according to a group of scientists at Queensland University of Technology, who surveyed more than 500 people to uncover the personality traits that are most common among "crypto nuts."
The scientists found that many crypto investors exhibited signs of the "dark tetrad", a group of four unsavory traits made up of "narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy and sadism," which basically means they have "an inflated sense of self-importance and derive pleasure from the pain of others."
Study lead author Dr. Di Wang wrote in The Conversation, "Dark tetrad traits are 'dark' because of their 'evil' qualities: Extreme selfishness and taking advantage of others without empathy. The dark tetrad are also often related to risk-taking behaviors."
Despite the study's findings, Dr. Wang wants to assure that investing in cryptocurrency doesn't automatically make you evil.
"We studied only a subset of people interested in crypto who do have these traits," he sayd. "If you happen to be a Bitcoin or other crypto holder, you may or may not exhibit them."
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