Wealthy families and investment offices across Asia are stepping up their involvement in cryptocurrencies, encouraged by strong market performance, wider adoption, and supportive regulatory moves in major financial centers.
Wealth advisers say they are fielding more calls, trading platforms report heavier activity, and specialist funds are drawing steady inflows as wealthy investors look to add exposure.
“We raised over $100 million in just a few months, and the response from LPs has been encouraging,” said Jason Huang, founder of NextGen Digital Venture. He said that his investors are primarily family offices and tech entrepreneurs who see digital assets becoming important in diversified portfolios.
At the same time, Swiss bank UBS says a number of Chinese family offices abroad intend to lift crypto holdings to about 5% of total assets. “Many second and third-generation individuals of family offices are starting to learn about and participate in virtual currencies,” said Lu Zijie, who runs UBS China’s wealth management division.
The renewed appetite follows fat market gains and supportive steps in the US during President Donald Trump’s term, including the newly approved GENIUS Act. Bitcoin has set fresh records this month, climbing past $124,000.
Similarly, in Hong Kong, a new stablecoin law has also fired up interest.
Regulation drives growing crypto confidence
Advisers say the tone for Asian clients has shifted from a token slice several years ago to a sense that crypto now belongs in a standard portfolio, with more effort going into tools to improve returns and manage risk.
“The momentum has gathered, and I believe it’s a function of just general maturity of the asset class,” Saad Ahmed from Gemini said.
Lighthouse Canton, a Singapore wealth manager, says more advanced family offices are testing market-neutral tactics, including arbitrage and basis trade strategies to seek steadier results regardless of price swings.
Institutional platforms echo the shift. According to Giselle Lai from Fidelity International, investors increasingly treat Bitcoin as a “portfolio diversifier” used to hedge macro shocks because of its weak links to stocks and bonds.
Trading platforms report sharp increases in growth and activity
Exchanges across the region are seeing the payoff in user growth and activity. Hong Kong’s HashKey Exchange reported that registered accounts were up 85% year-on-year in August 2025. This followed the launch of Asia’s first XRP tracker fund by HashKey, as reported earlier by Cryptopolitan.
In South Korea, total trading across the three biggest platforms has risen 17% so far in 2025 versus the same stretch of 2024, while average daily volumes are up over 20%, according to data from firm CryptoQuant.
With inquiries piling up and rules settling in, wealth managers say the scramble for crypto know-how among Asia’s affluent is unlikely to fade soon, even as they remain alert to the market’s sharp moves. For many, disciplined risk controls now sit alongside bolder allocation plans ahead.
