Survey: 25% of respondents in Hong Kong wish to hold virtual assets, with BTC being the most popular

ChainCatcher news, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's School of Business and Management has released the results of a public opinion survey regarding virtual assets and tokenized currencies, indicating that approximately 25% of respondents expressed a desire to hold virtual assets in the future, an increase of 6 percentage points compared to a suspected fraud incident involving a cryptocurrency platform that occurred in mid-September 2023.

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