[CoinShares Survey: Over Half of Wealthy Investors Hold Crypto Assets, Majority Plan to Increase Holdings by 2026] Deep Tide TechFlow reports, on October 7, according to Cointelegraph, digital asset management firm CoinShares conducted a survey of 2,230 wealthy investors across seven countries, including the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, and others, with investable assets exceeding $500,000. The results show that most respondents already hold digital assets, which on average account for about 10% of their investment portfolios. In the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Switzerland, the digital asset ownership rate among wealthy investors is approximately 70%; in the U.S., U.K., and Germany, as high as 91% of existing investors plan to increase their exposure by 2026. Bitcoin ($BTC) remains the most widely held asset, with about 80% of crypto asset investors owning it. The survey highlights that long-term value appreciation and portfolio diversification are the primary drivers for investment, while speculative demand ranks last. Meanwhile, about 40% of respondents believe their financial advisors are overly conservative regarding digital assets, with the advisor community still relatively lagging in digital asset allocation and related knowledge reserves.