Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets Accelerates as Trust and Regulation Emerge as Critical Dependencies
Business Wire•06/10/2026•10:30 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤51% expect digital assets mainstream within five years, up from 42% in 2025
- ➤35% already manage or distribute digital assets; 28% have enabling infrastructure
- ➤69% rank regulatory-framework experience as providers’ most important characteristic
- ➤Digital asset allocations expected to rise to 17% over three years from 11% currently
- ➤45% call digital cash very important; tokenized-asset settlement leads use cases at 64%
Expert Statements
Angus Fletcher, Head of Digital Asset Solutions at State Street
“Five years ago, most institutions were trying to decide whether digital assets mattered. Today the conversation is much more practical. Investors are spending less time debating the technology and more time focused on infrastructure, operations, regulation and risk. That tells us the market is maturing.”
Donna Milrod, Chief Product Officer at State Street
“People often focus on tokenized securities, but settlement still requires a trusted form of money. That is why digital cash has moved much closer to the center of institutional strategy. The investors we surveyed increasingly see digital assets and digital cash developing together because one depends on the other.”
Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets Accelerates as Trust and Regulation Emerge as Critical Dependencies
* State Street research finds institutions increasingly prioritize regulatory clarity, cybersecurity and digital cash infrastructure as adoption scales.
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