How to raise stickier capital

Written by Simon Davies, CEO, Acuta

According to Jupiter research, with the resurgence of crypto prices, the number of “digital wallet users is expected to exceed 5.4 billion globally by 2028. This is a 46% increase from 2023, when there were 3.7 billion digital wallet users.” Globally, interest rates are falling again, and the army of digital asset conference events and the pouring of $18.9billion into Bitcoin ETF’s - all since the last crypto winter in 2022 - has (still) not been enough to capture professional investor attention. But the message is starting to be understood. In the first half of 2024, BlackRock, the world’s ‘largest asset manager’, saw 23% of its net inflows emanating from its BTC ETF. Allocations into projects and funds remain sclerotic. Why capital is still so hard to come by and what actionable solutions are there for founders, builders and fund managers in this new fast evolving space? Recent years have demonstrated that asset allocators can achieve satisfactory returns just investing US equities.…