Practical Digital Asset Insights For Family Offices

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To paraphrase Japanese author Haruki Murakami, “What To Talk About When You Talk About Digital Assets,” would make a good book title and one with ample reading material. The problem is that unless it’s a history, it would quickly be irrelevant, since the world of digital assets evolves so rapidly.  This time last year we were still in what is referred to as ‘crypto winter,’ and now the industry sits at a total market cap of over $2 trillion, with investors jumping onto the Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) bandwagon.

For family offices, this is relevant if they’re investing in new technologies or looking for new opportunities that can contribute to the greater wealth management strategy. Most global family office reports show a small percentage of allocation towards digital assets, if any, but this is likely to change as the industry gets more regulated and stable, understanding grows and mainstream avenues of exposure increase.

There is of course the potential financial benefit to direct exposure, but also the means to invest in the underlying blockchain technology, which offers powerful use cases itself….Continue reading…

By: Francois Botha