Crypto Allocations by Financial Advisors Reach All-Time High in 2025: Bitwise/VettaFi Survey

Bitwise has released its eighth annual Bitwise/VettaFi 2026 Benchmark Survey of Financial Advisor Attitudes Toward Crypto Assets. Approximately 300 financial advisors participated, responding to a range of questions regarding crypto assets and their use in client portfolios. For context, Bitwise Asset Management oversees more than $15 billion in client assets, and VettaFi is a leading index provider.

The 2026 Crypto Survey

The survey concludes that 2025 was marked by significant regulatory progress and increasing institutional demand. As a result, advisors allocated to crypto at the highest rate recorded in the survey’s history. Approximately one-third of advisors (32%) invested in crypto for client accounts in 2025, up from 22% in 2024.

Key findings include:

• 56% of professional advisors now own crypto, the highest level to date.
• 64% of advisors with crypto exposure allocated more than 2% to crypto assets, up from 51% in 2024.
• 42% of advisors reported being able to purchase crypto in client accounts, compared with 35% in 2024 and 19% in 2023.
• 99% of advisors who owned crypto in 2025 plan to maintain or increase their exposure.
• The greatest areas of interest were stablecoins and tokenization (30%), followed by “digital gold”/fiat debasement (22%) and crypto-linked AI investments (19%).
• Crypto equity ETFs remain advisors’ preferred vehicle, with most advisors interested in allocating to them in 2026.

Other Key Takeaways

• 32% of advisors reported allocating to crypto in client accounts over the past year, an increase from 22% in 2024 and an all-time high for the survey.
• Advisors are broadly bullish on crypto prices in 2026: 65% expect Bitcoin to be higher one year from now, as do 62% for Ethereum and 57% for Solana.
• When funding crypto allocations, advisors most often source from equities (43%) or cash (35%).
• Advisors favor diversified exposure: among potential crypto asset ETFs, index funds attracted the most interest (42%).
• Crypto equity ETFs continue to rank as the top allocation choice for advisors looking ahead to 2026.

Let's explore two questions/answers of particular interest.

Do You Own Crypto in Your Personal Portfolio? (% answering “yes”)

More than half of all advisors (56%) reported owning crypto assets in their personal portfolios, the highest ownership level since the survey began in 2018. Ownership was most prevalent among other financial professionals—such as family offices, private bank wealth management divisions, and institutional investment teams—at 89%. This was followed by institutional investors (75%), RIAs (64%), wirehouse representatives (50%), financial planners (45%), and independent broker-dealers (41%).

• Other financial professionals: 89%
• Institutional investors (pension, endowment, foundation, etc.): 75%
• Independent Registered Investment Advisors: 64%
• Wirehouse representatives: 50%
• Financial planners: 45%
• Independent broker-dealer representatives: 41%

For Crypto Assets That Currently Lack a U.S.-Listed ETF: Which Would You Be Most Interested in Buying?

Beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, advisors showed the strongest preference not for a single-token fund, but for a diversified index fund (42%). In a fast-evolving market, many advisors view an index-based approach as a way to manage the risk of selecting individual assets. Among single-asset ETFs, interest was highest in Solana (19%) and XRP (14%), both of which launched while the survey was underway and have since attracted meaningful asset flows. Interest declined sharply beyond these options.

• Solana (SOL): 19%
• XRP (XRP): 14%
• Litecoin (LTC): 6%
• Cardano (ADA): 4%
• Chainlink (LINK): 3%
• Avalanche (AVAX): 2%
• BNB (BNB): 2%
• Aave (AAVE): 1%
• Ethena (ENA): 1%

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Conclusions -The 2026 Crypto Survey

The 2026 Bitwise Crypto Survey highlights a steady and measurable pace of crypto adoption. Professional advisors own more crypto than ever before, client allocations have reached a new high, and allocation sizes have grown significantly year over year. As crypto ETF approvals gain further traction, a majority of advisors remain optimistic about future price appreciation for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. While many advisors are still restricted from allocating to crypto on behalf of clients, the direction of travel is clear: crypto’s move into its “mainstream era” is well underway, and the market structure continues to evolve rapidly.

■ Bitwise/VettaFi 2026 Cryptocurrency Survey

• Source: https://bitwiseinvestments.com/crypto-market-insights/the-bitwise-vettafi-2026-benchmark-survey (January 2026)