{"id":125339,"date":"2025-03-18T20:18:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=125339"},"modified":"2025-03-18T20:18:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:18:52","slug":"83-of-institutions-plan-to-up-crypto-allocations-in-2025-coinbase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=125339","title":{"rendered":"83% of institutions plan to up crypto allocations in 2025: Coinbase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsInstitutional investors are increasingly bullish on cryptocurrency, with 83% saying they plan to up crypto allocations in 2025, according to a March 18 report by Coinbase and EY-Parthenon.\u00a0<br \/>\nAlready, nearly three-quarters of firms surveyed said they hold cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), and a \u201csignificant majority\u201d said they plan to boost crypto allocations to 5% or more of their portfolios,\u00a0the report said.\u00a0<br \/>\nThey are motivated by the view that \u201ccryptocurrencies represent the best opportunity to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns over the next three years,\u201d according to the report.<br \/>\nCoinbase, the US\u2019 largest crypto exchange, and EY-Parthenon, a consultancy, based the findings on interviews with more than 350 institutional investors in January.\u00a0<br \/>\nAmong institutional altcoin holdings, XRP (XRP) and Solana (SOL) are the most popular, the survey found.\u00a0<br \/>\nCoinbase and EY-Parthenon surveyed more than 350 financial institutions on crypto. Source: CoinbaseRelated: Stablecoin adoption, ETFs to propel crypto performance in 2025: Citi<br \/>\nAltcoin ETFs incoming<br \/>\nAltcoin holdings could rise even further if US regulators approve planned exchange-traded fund (ETF) listings this year.<br \/>\nAsset managers are awaiting a greenlight from the US Securities and Exchange Commission to list more than a dozen proposed altcoin ETFs.\u00a0<br \/>\nLitecoin (LTC), SOL and XRP are seen as the most likely to see near-term approval, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.\u00a0<br \/>\nOn March 17, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, the largest US derivatives exchange by volume, launched futures contracts tied to SOL, marking a significant step toward institutional adoption of the altcoin.\u00a0<br \/>\nStablecoins and DeFi take off<br \/>\nMeanwhile, stablecoins continue to see institutional uptake, with 84% of respondents either holding stablecoins or exploring doing so, the survey found.\u00a0<br \/>\nAccording to the report, institutions are using \u201cstablecoins for a variety of use cases beyond just facilitating crypto transactions, including generating yield (73%), foreign exchange (69%), internal cash management (68%), and external payments (63%).\u201d<br \/>\nIn December, investment bank Citi said stablecoin adoption will accelerate onchain activity, including in decentralized finance (DeFi).\u00a0<br \/>\nThe survey found that only 24% of institutional investors currently use DeFi platforms, but that figure is expected to grow to nearly 75% in the next two years.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cInstitutions are attracted to DeFi for myriad reasons, citing derivatives, staking, and lending as the use cases they are most interested in, followed closely by access to altcoins, crossborder settlements, and yield farming,\u201d the report said.<br \/>\nMagazine: Bitcoin dominance will fall in 2025: Benjamin Cowen, X Hall of Flame<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/institutions-plan-increase-crypto-allocations-survey?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsInstitutional investors are increasingly bullish on cryptocurrency, with 83% saying they plan to up crypto allocations in 2025, according to a March 18 report by Coinbase and EY-Parthenon.\u00a0&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125339"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}