Institutional investors are deepening their involvement in digital assets and emerging technologies such as blockchain and AI, according to a new State Street report — though many remain split on whether decentralized finance can ever fully blend with traditional markets.

The data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://www.statestreet.com/ie/en/insights/digital-digest-october-2025-asset-allocation” rel=”noopener nofollow” target=”_blank” title=”null”>study found that digital assets currently make up about 7% of institutional portfolios, a figure expected to climb to 16% by 2028.

Most holdings are concentrated in digital cash (stablecoins) and tokenized versions of listed equities or fixed income, with respondents allocating…

Institutional investors are deepening their involvement in digital assets and emerging technologies such as blockchain and AI, according to a new State Street report — though many remain split on whether decentralized finance can ever fully blend with traditional markets.

The data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://www.statestreet.com/ie/en/insights/digital-digest-october-2025-asset-allocation” rel=”noopener nofollow” target=”_blank” title=”null”>study found that digital assets currently make up about 7% of institutional portfolios, a figure expected to climb to 16% by 2028.

Most holdings are concentrated in digital cash (stablecoins) and tokenized versions of listed equities or fixed income, with respondents allocating…