Survey: 25% of Hong Kong respondents hope to hold virtual assets, with Bitcoin being the most popular

Golden Finance reports that a public opinion survey conducted by the School of Business and Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on virtual assets and tokenized currencies shows that about 25% of respondents hope to hold virtual assets in the future, an increase of 6 percentage points compared to mid-September 2023 after an alleged fraud incident involving a cryptocurrency platform.

The survey results indicate that 81% of respondents are interested in holding Bitcoin, an increase of 7 percentage points from the first survey. However, respondent interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has decreased, down by 11 percentage points from the initial survey, reflecting a shift in investor preferences from speculative digital collectibles to other areas.