Survey: A quarter of Hong Kong people want to own virtual assets, with bitcoin the most popular

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology School of Business Administration released a public opinion survey on virtual assets and tokenized currencies. According to the results of the survey, about 25% of respondents said they would like to own virtual assets in the future, an increase of 6 percentage points compared to the alleged fraud incident involving a cryptocurrency platform in mid-September 2023. The survey results pointed out that 81% of respondents are interested in owning bitcoin, an increase of 7 percentage points from the first survey, and respondents' interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has weakened, down 11 percentage points from the first survey, reflecting the shift of investor preferences from speculative digital collectibles to other areas.