BlackRock: 1% Asia Crypto Allocation Could Unlock $2 Trillion
At Consensus in Hong Kong, BlackRock executive Peach told attendees that even a modest 1% allocation from Asia’s deep pools of traditional finance into crypto, delivered through accelerating ETF adoption, could translate into about $2 trillion of new capital crossing into digital assets. The remark underscored how product availability and familiar wrappers like ETFs can bridge institutional risk frameworks and large-scale capital.
If realized, such inflows would materially affect liquidity, custody demand, and price discovery across major tokens while putting pressure on exchanges and custodians to scale compliance and settlement infrastructure. Market participants and regulators should watch ETF approvals, custody robustness, and onshore trading venues — developments that could both deepen markets and raise questions about concentration and volatility management as institutional flows arrive.