Survey Finds Financial Advisors Warming to Crypto

More than half of the financial advisors surveyed a week after the polls closed said they were more likely to invest in crypto as a result of Donald Trump’s victory.

That was one of the findings of a survey of 430 financial advisors by exchange-traded fund (ETF) and index fund provider Bitwise Asset Management and indexing services provider TMX VettaFi.

The “Bitwise/VettaFi 2025 Benchmark Survey of Financial Advisor Attitudes Toward Crypto Assets” also found that 99% of advisors who already have clients with crypto holdings intend to maintain or increase their allocations.

“If you had any doubt that 2024 was a massive inflection point for crypto, this year’s Bitwise/VettaFi survey dispels it,” said Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan in a release. “Advisors are awakening to crypto’s potential like never before, and they’re allocating like never before.”

Despite the availability of Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, only 35% of the asset managers surveyed are able to offer crypto investments, the survey found. Saying that leaves a “staggering” amount of room to run, Hougan added, “We see that changing in 2025 as the Mainstream Era of Crypto continues apace.”

Growing Client Interest

One reason for optimism that financial advisors will continue to embrace crypto is that 71% said at least some of their clients had bought crypto on their own. And 96% reported receiving questions from clients about crypto in 2024.

Fully 22% of advisors reported allocating crypto to client accounts. That’s double the rate of last year. Further, 19% are “definitely” or probably going to buy crypto for clients, more than double last year’s 8%.