Survey finds Singapore investors seek control and regulation in Bitcoin strategies

Singapore’s investors hold ambitions for making their Bitcoin holdings more productive, but misconceptions about risks are holding them back, according to new research commissioned by RootstockCollective, a platform rewarding users who back Bitcoin innovation.

Across a survey of 600 Singapore and Hong Kong high-net-worth individuals, family offices, wealth managers and institutional allocators, 87.5% want their Bitcoin holdings to generate returns beyond price appreciation, and 89.8% expect to allocate to Bitcoin return-generating strategies within the next year.

Singapore is leading that ambition. 91.1% of Singapore investors want to make their Bitcoin more productive, against 84.1% in Hong Kong. They are also more confident evaluating security and risk on their own (85.2% against 78.6%).

Despite the clear appetite, almost every respondent surveyed (98.0%) also expects to compromise something before considering a productive route, including security (39.8%), having to sell or convert their Bitcoin holdings (36.2%), and giving up control or custody of assets (31.3%). Much of that caution also rests on outdated assumptions. 64.0% still believe that participation requires deep technical expertise, and 63% assume that any second token connected to Bitcoin infrastructure carries the same risk as a speculative altcoin.

Where Singapore investors differ from Hong Kong’s is what they ask for in return. Retaining full control and custody of assets is the leading driver of investment among Singapore respondents, cited by 29.2% (against 19.1% in Hong Kong), followed by access to local, regulated counterparties (27.5% against 17.2%).

Once those conditions are met, respondents are more optimistic: 62.7% of the full sample say they would hold a second Bitcoin-linked token once they fully understand how it is secured, and 82.8% would ‘probably’ or ‘definitely’ consider actively backing a Bitcoin-secured network if they kept custody of their Bitcoin throughout, and were not required to sell or trade it.

Sascha Goetz, CEO, RootstockCollective said: “The research confirms what we feel has been building for some time. Bitcoin has earned its place in portfolios, but investors now want it to generate more returns. At the same time, wealth moving into Bitcoin in Singapore is being measured against other assets in their portfolio, and investors will not accept compromises or conditions that are below the standards they are accustomed to.

“Productive Bitcoin will be defined by how far that standard spreads to productive Bitcoin routes, to the point where institutional capital will seriously consider it. I believe the market will reshape around investor expectations, and the next phase of productive Bitcoin will see more routes such as active backing, where investors keep full custody of their assets, and where a sound security model acts as the baseline minimum.”

The findings are drawn from an online survey of 600 investment decision-makers in Singapore and Hong Kong, commissioned by RootstockCollective and conducted by research company Walr, with fieldwork completed in August 2026. The sample included private investors, family office professionals, wealth managers and advisers, and institutional allocators, with a split of 291 respondents in Singapore and 309 in Hong Kong. All respondents hold Bitcoin or Bitcoin-linked assets and have influence over related investment decisions.

 Re-disseminated by Wealth and Society