A recent HSBC survey of 3,000 global businesses and institutional investors reveals a widespread conviction that digital and tokenized assets are the future of finance, with 91% of respondents expecting these technologies to become standard in treasury operations within five years. In Asia, this sentiment is particularly strong, as 91% of participants also believe digital assets will fundamentally transform capital markets over the next decade. Furthermore, 53% of these Asian leaders anticipate that by 2035, global markets will transition to either fully programmable, tokenized systems or a hybrid model where digital infrastructure takes precedence over traditional methods.
Despite this clear momentum, a significant knowledge gap persists among market participants. Over half of the total respondents admitted they currently lack the necessary understanding to fully evaluate how digital finance will impact their specific business models. Even with this uncertainty, the push toward modernization appears most aggressive in Asia, where expectations for a digital-first market infrastructure significantly outpace those of peers in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.
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