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According to the State Street study "Digital Assets and New Technologies 2025", over the next three years, most institutional investors plan to significantly increase their investments in digital assets, and more than 50% expect that by 2030 the share of tokenized assets in the total volume of investments will be 10–24%.
The report, which surveyed senior executives of asset management and ownership companies, shows that digital assets are gradually transitioning from experimental assets to core components of institutional portfolios.
Currently, an average of about 7% of assets in the institutional portfolio is allocated to digital instruments, including cryptocurrencies, digital money, and tokenized versions of public equities or fixed-income instruments. It is expected that within three years the target figure will reach 16%. Digital money and tokenized government and private securities are becoming the most common forms of investment: on average, respondents hold 1% of assets in each category. Asset managers, in particular, show deeper engagement with digital assets than asset owners. Managers are twice as likely to hold 2-5% of their portfolios in bitcoins and slightly more often - 5% and more. The allocation of assets in Ethereum among managers also exceeds the allocation among owners: three times more managers hold at least 5% of their assets.
Additionally, 6% of asset managers report that at least 5% of their portfolios are in less prominent cryptocurrencies, memes, and NFTs, compared to only 1% of asset owners, indicating early experimentation with new digital instruments.
There has also been an increased focus on the tokenization of real assets. Managers report a larger share of tokenized public assets (6% vs. 1%), private assets (5% vs. 2%), and digital money (7% vs. 2%). More than half of respondents expect that by 2030, between 10% and 24% of their portfolios will consist of tokenized or digital assets, which will be an important strategic step toward blockchain-based instruments, although few expect that most investments will be fully tokenized.
Despite stablecoins and tokenized assets comprising the largest share of distributed assets, cryptocurrencies continue to provide the bulk of returns. More than a quarter of respondents named bitcoin as the leader among their digital assets, with Ethereum following closely behind. Tokenized public and private assets currently contribute less to returns, although their role is expected to gradually increase as markets develop.
The State Street study also reveals a long-term perspective. It states that private assets are seen as likely the first major beneficiaries of wider tokenization, and most institutions predict that digital assets will become an integral part of portfolios over the next decade. Adoption is increasing, but institutions are exercising caution and paying particular attention to strategy, effectiveness, and compliance.
