Bitwise Research Reveals 67% of Wealth Managers Have Yet to Allocate Crypto to Investor Portfolios

Wealth management professionals are showing growing interest in digital assets, even as most have yet to put client money to work in the space. That mixed picture emerged after Bitwise Head of Research Ryan Rasmussen and Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan spoke to a room of about 400 wealth managers.

Rasmussen later shared the informal poll results from that session.

Two-thirds of the audience, or 67 percent, said they still have no crypto exposure in client portfolios.

At the same time, 60 percent indicated they intend to add an allocation within the next 12 months.

An identical share said they expect crypto prices to finish the year higher than current levels.The session itself ranged across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid, stablecoins, tokenization, and the evolving regulatory backdrop.

The numbers reflect the views of the people in that particular room rather than a statistically representative sample of the entire wealth-management industry.

Even so, they point to a familiar pattern: curiosity and planned action running ahead of actual deployment.

That gap is consistent with larger industry data.

The separate Bitwise/VettaFi 2026 Benchmark Survey of financial advisors found that 32 percent allocated to crypto in client accounts during 2025, up from 22 percent the year before.