Jack Paul 
Most US college students want their schools to teach crypto and blockchain, but formal course offerings are still limited. So many students are filling the gap with social media, according to a new survey from crypto exchange OKX.
OKX said the survey, conducted this month, included 500 students and 500 parents in the United States. Pollfish, an online survey platform, distributed the questions through third-party mobile apps. Respondents were not recruited from OKX’s customer base.
Strong support for crypto education
The headline finding: 90% of students and 87% of parents said colleges should teach crypto and blockchain. Around 27% of students and 32% of parents went further and said such instruction should be mandatory.
That is a lot of demand. But supply is nowhere close. A separate 2025 review of 533 US universities with accredited business schools found that only about 28% offered any blockchain courses. In other words, most students do not have a clear path to formal learning.
Social media fills the gap
Among the students surveyed, 33% named social media or online influencers as their most important source of crypto information. That is nearly five times the share who pointed to schools, teachers or professors. For parents, the leading source was different: crypto platforms and apps, at 21%.
It is hard to say how reliable those informal sources are. The survey did not ask about the quality of the information students were getting. It also did not disclose weighting, margin of error, or how many respondents actually owned crypto. That matters because people who already trade may behave differently from the general student population.
What colleges can take from this
I think the message for universities is fairly clear. Students want structured education around crypto and blockchain. If schools do not offer it, students will keep learning from short videos, posts and influencers. Some of that content is useful. Some of it is mostly promotion.
Colleges do not need to turn every business course into a crypto class. But even a small number of elective modules or guest lectures could give students a baseline for evaluating claims, risks and fundamentals. The appetite is there, at least according to this survey. The missing piece is the formal curriculum.
The survey was commissioned by OKX, which has a clear interest in seeing more people understand crypto. That should be kept in mind when reading the results. Still, the underlying pattern of high student interest, thin course offerings, and heavy reliance on social media matches other recent research. It is not a surprise to anyone who has watched the industry evolve.