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INSIGHTS
The advisor's guide to digital assets
Understanding the reality and potential of cryptocurrencies.
INSIGHTS
The advisor's guide to digital assets
Understanding the reality and potential of cryptocurrencies
Fidelity Distributors Company LLC or FIAM LLC do not offer direct exposure, clearing or custody of digital assets. Information displayed herein is from various sources, including third parties. These resources are meant to be educational in nature, and not to endorse or recommend any cryptocurrency or investment strategy. Digital assets are speculative, highly volatile, can become illiquid at any time, and are for investors with a high risk tolerance. Investors in digital assets could lose the entire value of their investment.
Interest in digital assets is growing.
With interest in digital assets likely to continue growing—and the whole area rapidly evolving—advisory and wealth management firms may benefit from building familiarity with this innovative financial instrument. In particular, advisors may want to have an informed view of the past, present, and potential future of the overall digital assets ecosystem.
Fidelity's 2022 Institutional Investor Digital Assets Study found that:
58%
of all institutional investors surveyed globally invest in digital assets.1
73%
of all financial advisors surveyed reported having an allocation to digital assets.1
37%
of financial advisors surveyed globally have been investing in digital assets for less than 2 years.1
Educational insights: cryptocurrency and more
Many investors and advisors have started to explore how digital assets work in order to consider introducing them to their investment practice. These Fidelity resources can serve as a starting point for investment professionals looking to expand their knowledge on the subject.
NOTE*: This content was prepared by Fidelity Digital Asset Services, LLC, a limited liability trust company chartered by the New York Department of Financial Services (NMLS ID 1773897).
Digital assets in practice
Fidelity presents primary and secondary research on the use of digital assets by investors, wealth management firms, and institutional investors.
NOTE*: This content was prepared by Fidelity Digital Asset Services, LLC, a limited liability trust company chartered by the New York Department of Financial Services (NMLS ID 1773897).
Insights for your clients
Investor-friendly educational articles you can share with clients who are interested in making cryptocurrency part of their portfolios.
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- 1. Data is sourced from the Fidelity Digital AssetsSM 2022 Institutional Investor Digital Assets Study. The blind survey was executed in association with Coalition Greenwich on behalf of Fidelity Digital AssetsSM, the Fidelity Center for Applied TechnologySM, and Fidelity Consulting and Strategic Insights between January 2, 2022, and June 24, 2022. The survey included 1,052 institutional investors in the U.S. (410), Europe (359), and Asia (283), including financial advisors, family offices, digital and traditional hedge funds, high-net-worth investors, pensions and define benefit plans, and endowments and foundations.
- These materials are for informational purposes only and are not intended to constitute a recommendation, investment advice of any kind, or an offer to buy or sell securities or other assets. Please perform your own research and consult a qualified advisor to see if digital assets are an appropriate investment option.
- Digital assets are speculative and highly volatile, can become illiquid at any time, and are for investors with a high risk tolerance. Investors in digital assets could lose the entire value of their investment.
- The price of bitcoin is volatile, and market movements of bitcoin are difficult to predict. Supply and demand changes rapidly and is affected by a variety of factors, including regulation and general economic trends.
- Bitcoin exchanges may suffer from operational issues, such as delayed execution. Digital asset exchanges have been closed due to fraud, failure, or security breaches. Assets that reside on an exchange that shuts down or suffers a breach may be lost.
- Several factors may affect the price of bitcoin, including, but not limited to: supply and demand, investors' expectations with respect to the rate of inflation, interest rates, currency exchange rates, or future regulatory measures (if any) that restrict the trading of bitcoin or the use of bitcoin as a form of payment.
- There is no assurance that bitcoin will maintain its long-term value in terms of purchasing power in the future, or that acceptance of bitcoin payments by mainstream retail merchants and commercial businesses will continue to grow. Bitcoin is created, issued, transmitted, and stored according to protocols run by computers in the bitcoin network. It is possible the bitcoin protocol has undiscovered flaws that could result in the loss of some or all assets. There may also be network-scale attacks against the bitcoin protocol, which result in the loss of some or all of assets. Advancements in quantum computing could break bitcoin's cryptographic rules.