By Michael Scott
The impressive gains realized by crypto following Donald Trump’s re-election appeals to financial advisers as over half express willingness to gain exposure.
A recent publication by asset manager Bitwise issues bullish findings that 56% of financial advisers consider exposure to crypto and Bitcoin a priority. The survey behind the bullish statistics features the input of the data-driven ETF platform VettaFi.
The annual report documenting the benchmark survey captures the response from 430 financial advisers regarding their interest in crypto.
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The Bitwise/VettaFi 2025 survey revealed that over 240 are willing to invest in crypto this year. The report, which surveyed 430 financial advisers between November 14 and December 20, illustrates that heightened susceptibility emerged fresh from Donald Trump’s victory.
The confirmation of Donald Trump as the incoming 47th president has seen the digital assets rally in the hope of fulfilling pre-election promises to the crypto industry. For context, Trump profiled Bitcoin as the future currency.
Trump informed the Bitcoin 2024 Conference to create a conducive environment for crypto assets upon return to the Oval Office to spark interest. Beyond the individual Bitcoin holders, institutions are actively pursuing crypto investments.
The president-elect has reaffirmed his friendly stance to transform the US into the global crypto leader. This position has stimulated interest in more financial advisors, with 56% aligning with Bitcoin acquisition and crypto investment in 2025.
Besides political developments, financial advisers face increased susceptibility, which is attributed to clients’ increased demands. The advisers surveyed admitted that nearly 96% of clients have inquired about crypto, a number that sets a new all-time high. The growing interest surpasses expectations relative to previous sentiments regarding the digital asset space.
Are Financial Advisors Investments Rising?
The survey revealed that 99% of the advisers had Bitcoin investments and intended to extend and sustain their allocation in 2025. In particular, they admitted that clients’ crypto exposure increased from 11% in 2023 to 22% in 2024.
The survey showed that large-scale adoption encounters considerable obstacles. In particular, 35% of the advisers expressed their inability to procure BTC for client accounts.
Half of the respondents indicated that the regulatory constrictions are impeding crypto exposure. Nonetheless, this represents a decline from 65% in the previous survey, suggesting significant progress.
Has the Mainstream Era Begun?
The recent surge in 2024 Q4 has elevated crypto assets into the limelight of several investors. Financial advisers have gained interest, and corporate firms have joined the surge. Meanwhile, Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy has snapped up more BTC, and other entities, including Metaplanet, Rumble, and Matador Technologies, have added Bitcoin to their balance sheets.
Miners, too, are prioritizing holding the Bitcoin mined, contrary to the previous cycles where they could quickly liquidate their units. CleanSpark has recently surpassed 10,000 BTC in its treasury. The Nevada-based miner has seen the BTC holdings realize 236% year-over-year (YoY) increment relative to 2023.
Per BitcoinTreasuries data, CleanSpark tops the Florida-based Hut 8 Mining, which holds 10,096 BTC. However, both firms trail MARA Holdings and Riot Platforms, which have 44,893 and 17,722 BTC, respectively.
With Trump and allies repeatedly supporting the bill to establish the Bitcoin Reserve, other government officials have shown similar moves. Brazil seeks to make Bitcoin reserve a possibility in a move replicated in Poland and Russia, endorsing the idea of adding BTC to the nations’ balance sheets.
Market analysts anticipate that Donald Trump’s approval of the Bitcoin strategic reserve will accelerate the traction of other states. Speculators insist Bitcoin could surge to new highs when the US creates the BTC reserve, possibly attaining $175K and $200K. For the pioneering crypto to achieve such levels, it needs to sustain an upward trajectory from its current price at $94544 following its recent recovery from the steep slump below $92,000 witnessed on Jan. 8.