Public Perception of Virtual Assets and Tokenized Money

17 Figure 10.2. Reasons for Not Holding Virtual Assets Virtual assets are too risky I do not know enough about virtual assets I do not believe virtual assets are properly regulated I find other types of investment more attractive I am not interested in virtual assets I am not interested in investing at the moment Others Note: Only respondents who have never held virtual assets or previously held virtual assets but no longer do were asked to indicate their reasons for not holding virtual assets. 0.48% / 0.11% / 0.55% The most important 2nd most important 3rd most important 32.31% 25.53% 18.57% 25.32% 22.56% 20.73% 19.65% 21.69% 20.82% 7.19% 10.13% 13.14% 8.48% 11.65% 15.40% 6.57% 8.32% 10.80% Figure 10.1. Reasons for Holding Virtual Assets 0% 20% 10% 30% 60% 40% 70% 50% 80% 0% 20% 10% 30% 60% 40% 70% 50% 80% 25.38% 17.25% 16.57% 9.95% 8.28% 10.94% 18.62% 17.78% 17.17% 14.74% 20.90% 16.64% 8.74% 10.18% 10.87% 6.38% 6.53% 6.84% 8.05% 9.73% 9.35% Virtual assets present an opportunity to generate high investment return Just for fun As a long term investment To know more about virtual assets To diversify overall investment portfolio To support initiatives that build on blockchain technology To make local or cross-border money transfer Higher level of privacy compared to other financial assets Others 0.61% / 0.08% / 0.38% Note: Only respondents who have previously held virtual assets or currently hold virtual assets were asked to indicate their reasons for holding virtual assets. 7.52% 9.27% 11.25% The most important 2nd most important 3rd most important