CoinShares Affluent Investor Crypto Report Finds 10% Average Allocations and Stronger Post-Downturn Investment Intent Across Seven Markets

Across the US and six European markets, average allocations cluster around 10% of portfolios, February's downturn made investors more likely to invest — not less — and policy signals enjoy a positive reaction

JERSEY, Channel Islands — Monday, 5, October — CoinShares PLC (Nasdaq: CSHR) ("CoinShares" or the "Company"), a leading global asset manager specialising in digital assets, today published the CoinShares Affluent Investor Crypto Report , a survey of 2,230 affluent investors across the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Switzerland, conducted with the strategic research consultancy Vardaxoglou Advisory. CoinShares believes it is one of the largest such surveys ever dedicated to digital assets. A majority holds digital assets in every market, from 54% in Sweden to around 70% in the US, UK, Germany, and Switzerland. The February 2026 downturn — the sharpest in several years — left more investors more likely to invest than less in all seven markets.

The starting point was a gap. Digital assets are more established than ever, and they still divide opinion. Institutions remain cautious — in CoinShares' Citywire survey of 261 European wealth managers, adviser views were largely set by conservative firm policy, volatility (56%) and crypto's speculative nature (52%) the top perceived reasons clients hold back. The affluent themselves are markedly less so: conviction where the institutional consensus counsels restraint. Two explanations point in opposite directions — the appetite for risk that built the wealth, or risk simply affordable at that level. So CoinShares asked 2,230 of them.