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Rebeca Moen
Oct 11, 2025 05:12

Institutions worldwide are accelerating plans to double digital asset exposure, with tokenization and regulatory shifts fueling the wave.

Wall Street’s Digital Reckoning: Institutional Portfolios Set for 16% Crypto Surge An unstoppable wave of institutional capital is set to transform the digital asset landscape, as leading asset managers accelerate their push into cryptocurrencies and tokenized investments. According to State Street’s latest forecast, institutional investors are on track to allocate 16% of their total portfolios to digital assets by 2028—a dramatic rise from 7% in 2025. This seismic shift marks the clearest signal yet that blockchain-based investments are moving from the fringe to the financial mainstream. Doubling Down: The Road to $7 Trillion in Digital Allocations Based on industry estimates, this projected allocation could translate to over $7 trillion invested in digital assets globally by 2028, given the sector’s current $44 trillion of institutional assets managed. Nearly 60% of institutional investors report plans to increase their digital asset exposure within the next year, with a majority expecting to at least double it by 2028. Elizabeth Tran, Head of Digital Solutions at Titan Asset Management, described the scale of transformation underway: “What was once a speculative corner of finance is now driving strategic innovation for the world’s largest portfolios. Institutions are no longer asking ‘if’ but ‘how fast’.” Tokenization Troves and New Frontiers The headline surge in allocation is being powered by tokenization of private equity, fixed income instruments, and alternative assets. Over half of institutional investors anticipate that between 10% and 24% of all their assets will be tokenized—a blockchain-enabled process—by 2030. Tokenized assets promise operational efficiency, improved settlement speeds, and major reductions in compliance costs. According to internal analysis by State Street, nearly half of survey respondents…

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