Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets Accelerates as Trust and Regulation Emerge as Critical Dependencies

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below: Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets Accelerates as Trust and Regulation Emerge as Critical Dependencies State Street research finds institutions increasingly prioritize regulatory clarity, cybersecurity and digital cash infrastructure as adoption scales. State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) today released findings from its 2026 Digital Assets Study(1), showing that institutional investors are becoming increasingly confident in the long-term future of digital assets while placing greater emphasis on trust, cybersecurity, regulation and market infrastructure as adoption grows. The global study of 300 asset managers, asset owners and wealth managers found that 51% expect digital assets to become mainstream within five years, if they have not already, up from 42% in 2025 and 11% in 2024. Just 3% believe digital assets will never become mainstream. Operational readiness is also rising. More than one-third (35%) of respondents already manage or distribute digital assets, while another 28% have.