Studien finner nästan 60% av Hong Kong och Singapores Super Rich har investerat i digitala tillgångar

According to a study jointly published by KPMG China and Aspen Digital, about 58% of Singapore and Hong Kong’s family offices and high-net-worth individuals have invested in digital assets. Reports suggest the info shows the crypto market downturn has not diminished the super-rich’s interest in digital assets, and is unlikely to dissuade them from increasing their holdings of these assets.

Singapore and Hong Kong’s Super-Rich Increasingly Interested in NFTs

Nästan 60% of family offices and high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) from Hong Kong and Singapore have invested in digital assets, medan 34% are planning to do the same, a new study has found.

Besides holding BTC och ETH, the study found the two regions’ super-rich have also shown increased interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized finance (defi) Produkter. Commenting on the study’s findings, jointly published by KPMG China and Aspen Digital, the latter firm’s CEO Yang He said:

NFTs have seen an explosion in interest since 2021, while the interest in Defi began in 2020 and remains interesting.

According to a South China Morning Post Rapportera, among the 30 family offices and HNWIs that participated in the study, mer än 60% had assets under management (AUM) that ranged between $10 million and $500 miljon. As noted in the report, the two regions’ super-rich were not dissuaded from investing in crypto assets by the market’s downturn.

Family Offices May Allocate More to Digital Assets

Under tiden, the Aspen Digital CEO reportedly said he expects the rich families from these regions to increase the proportion of their wealth invested in digital assets. Yang He’s sentiments are echoed by Paul McSheaffrey, senior banking partner at KPMG China. He said the high likelihood of upside is what may prompt wealthy families to allocate more to digital assets.

“For HNWIs and family offices, there is [a] real possibility of a big upside, so they may think why not stick 2 eller 3 per cent of my portfolio in that and see what happens,” McSheaffrey said.

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Terence Zimwara

Terence Zimwara är en Zimbabwes prisbelönt journalist, författare och författare. Han har skrivit mycket om de ekonomiska problemen i vissa afrikanska länder samt hur digitala valutor kan ge afrikaner en flyktväg.

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