Crypto's territory on the asset map of Korea's wealthy is expanding fast. Comparing the \u20182024\u20132025 Korea Wealth Report\u2019 from KB Financial Group's Management Research Institute with the \u20182020 report\u2019 from five years earlier shows that the wealthy have completely shifted from \u2018watching from the sidelines\u2019 to \u2018taking action\u2019 on crypto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time of the 2020 report five years ago, the crypto ownership rate among the wealthy with financial assets of KRW 1 billion or more was effectively under 1%<\/strong>, so low it was barely worth counting. At the time, **92.3%** of the wealthy showed strong aversion, saying they had \u201cno plans at all to invest\u201d in crypto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But as of 2025, the picture has turned 180 degrees. The crypto ownership rate among the wealthy has jumped to **8.5%**. That is about more than 8.5 times<\/strong> the level of five years ago, meaning roughly one in 10 wealthy individuals actually keeps crypto such as Bitcoin in their vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the past, the wealthy dismissed crypto as \u2018speculation with no substance.\u2019 In the 2020 survey, only **2.3%** of the wealthy said they intended to invest in crypto in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But according to the latest report, the share saying they intend to invest in crypto has soared to **14.8%**. In particular, the larger their assets, the stronger the tendency to add at least a small amount of crypto for risk management, and including the noncommittal answer \u201cI'll invest depending on circumstances,\u201d potential demand is even deeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The absolute share of crypto in total assets is still at the 0.4%<\/strong> level. The number may look small, but it has grown more than fourfold from five years ago, under 0.1%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What stands out is the change in real estate's share. Real estate's share of assets, which reached **59.0%** in 2020, fell 4.2 percentage points to **54.8%** in 2025. The data suggest that part of the huge wealth once tied up in real estate is moving into stocks (7.9%) and other assets, including crypto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BITPRESS's conclusion from this data is clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n2. A shift in investment intent: \u201cnot interested\u201d 92% \u2192 \u201cwill invest\u201d 14.8%<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
3. Portfolio weight: tiny but powerful \u20180.4% symbolism\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\ud83d\udca1 BITPRESS Insight: \u201cNumbers prove perception has crossed a tipping point\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n