Shares of CoinShares PLC closed Monday at $4.95, gaining 0.41% ($0.02) on the session, as the digital asset investment firm released a wide-ranging survey pointing to strong demand for cryptocurrencies among affluent investors.

The CoinShares Affluent Investor Crypto Report, produced in partnership with strategic consultancy Vardaxoglou Advisory, surveyed 2,230 affluent participants across seven major markets: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Switzerland. The findings indicated widespread crypto ownership, rising allocation plans, and robust demand for professional digital asset services.

Broad Ownership, Resilient Demand

Digital asset ownership reached approximately 70% in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Switzerland. Sweden recorded the lowest ownership rate among the markets surveyed, although 54% of respondents there still held digital assets.

The survey also captured sentiment following the sharp market downturn in February 2026. Germany registered the strongest response, with 54% of German participants saying they became more likely to allocate funds to digital assets after the decline. Only 23% of German respondents reported lower investment interest following the market drop. Post-drawdown readings like these offer a gauge of how resilient demand for the asset class is in the period immediately following volatility.

Holders Plan to Increase Exposure

Current crypto holders expressed firm intentions to raise their digital asset exposure during 2026. The United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany each recorded a 91% rate among existing holders, followed by France at 87% and Italy at 85%.

Allocation patterns suggested a longer-term approach rather than short-term trading. Average digital asset exposure clustered around 10% of portfolios across the surveyed markets, and only 6% of respondents identified short-term trading as their main approach — a profile aligned with the long-horizon investor that managed digital asset products are typically built to serve.

Bitcoin remained the dominant digital asset, owned on average by 80% of crypto holders. Diversification, however, was widespread: 89% of Bitcoin holders also owned other digital assets. Bitcoin-only portfolios represented just 5% of US crypto holders and 15% in France.

Regulation and Wealth Services Support Growth

Government policy also shaped digital asset demand across the seven markets. About 79% of respondents supported stronger regulation, while US policy developments drew the strongest positive response. The US Administration's crypto agenda increased investment intent among 68% to 79% of respondents.

Demand for wealth management services emerged as a major theme of the report. Roughly 69% of participants said they would consider working with wealth managers offering specialist digital asset knowledge, while 88% acknowledged they lacked sufficient knowledge to allocate funds with full confidence. For a firm like CoinShares, that gap between stated demand and investor confidence frames the affluent clientele its digital asset investment business is designed to serve.

Younger respondents reported higher portfolio allocations than older groups across every surveyed market. Those aged 18 to 44 allocated roughly twice as much in four markets, and their stronger participation could become significant as trillions of dollars move toward younger generations — a shift known in wealth management as the great wealth transfer.

CoinShares has conducted digital asset research since 2013, spanning wealth management, mining, protocols, and hybrid finance. The latest study extends that research toward affluent market participants and their portfolio decisions. For CSHR stock, the report highlights demand trends linked directly to CoinShares' core digital asset business, and its 2026 allocation intentions provide a benchmark for tracking whether stated affluent demand carries through to actual allocations.

Source: Blockonomi