Overview
- More than 60% of institutional and professional investors plan to increase digital-asset exposure, while about 4% expect to cut positions.
- Over 80% of respondents view Bitcoin as a viable treasury reserve, and 70% judge holding cash over Bitcoin as a high opportunity cost over five years.
- Regulatory uncertainty now ranks as the top barrier to adoption, surpassing volatility, with custody and security concerns also prominent.
- Strategy is shifting toward discretionary mandates and actively managed or hybrid, multi-asset exposure rather than single‑token bets.
- Planned Q4 allocations have been delayed as anticipated approvals and product launches slip, and more than 70% would raise ETF allocations if staking were permitted.