{"id":30756,"date":"2020-10-27T11:17:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T09:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=30756"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T20:53:02","slug":"survey-61-of-institutional-investors-have-already-invested-in-cryptocurrencies-or-plan-to-do-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/survey-61-of-institutional-investors-have-already-invested-in-cryptocurrencies-or-plan-to-do-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: 61% of institutional investors have already invested in cryptocurrencies or plan to do so"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">European institutional investors are showing interest in digital currencies \u2014 many of them have already invested or plan to allocate part of their assets to cryptocurrencies. This is evidenced by data <\/span><a href=\\\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/storage\/uploads\/view\/cointelegraph-research-discovering-institutional-demand-for-digital-assets-in-dach-region.pdf?_ga=2.248458183.1702920718.1603688840-8270033.1596693480\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> from Cointelegraph.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">As part of the study, analysts surveyed 55 institutional investors, including banks, asset managers and pension funds from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The total assets under management among respondents exceed \u20ac719 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">36% of those surveyed have already invested in crypto assets. The majority of them hold less than 10% of the assets under management in cryptocurrencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The sharpest surge in institutional interest was recorded in 2018 \u2014 at that time many decided to invest in cryptocurrencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter wp-image-114490\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_224-300x144.png\\\" alt=\\\"Survey: 61% of institutional investors have already invested in cryptocurrencies or plan to do so\\\" width=\\\"820\\\" height=\\\"395\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_224-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_224-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_224.png 843w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The most popular assets among institutional investors remain Bitcoin and Ethereum. 19% of respondents have allocated to stablecoins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter wp-image-114489\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_225-300x133.png\\\" alt=\\\"Survey: 61% of institutional investors have already invested in cryptocurrencies or plan to do so\\\" width=\\\"820\\\" height=\\\"364\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_225-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_225-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_225.png 871w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Among the 64% of respondents who have not yet invested in cryptocurrencies, 39% plan to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">&#8220;As a result, 61.15% of surveyed professional investors either already own digital assets or plan to purchase them in the future,&#8221; the researchers noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The greatest interest among prospective investors is in Bitcoin and security tokens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter wp-image-114488\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_226-300x130.png\\\" alt=\\\"Survey: 61% of institutional investors have already invested in cryptocurrencies or plan to do so\\\" width=\\\"820\\\" height=\\\"355\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_226-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_226-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_226.png 849w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The greatest interest among prospective investors is in Bitcoin and security tokens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter wp-image-114488\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_226-300x130.png\\\" alt=\\\"Survey: 61% of institutional investors have already invested in cryptocurrencies or plan to do so\\\" width=\\\"820\\\" height=\\\"355\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_226-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_226-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_226.png 849w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">As reported in the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/survey-90-of-institutional-investors-plan-to-buy-more-bitcoin\">study<\/a> by the crypto-insurance services provider Evertas and analytics company Pureprofile, 45 of 50 pension funds and insurance companies in the UK and the US will increase their investments in cryptocurrencies over the next five years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Every three weeks ForkLog publishes a digest of the most significant events in the cryptocurrency industry related to institutional investments. Read the latest at the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/institutional-digest-jack-dorseys-square-buys-bitcoin-and-grayscale-posts-record-inflows\">link<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European institutional investors are showing interest in digital currencies \u2014 many have already invested or plan to allocate part of their assets to cryptocurrencies. 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