Family Offices Lead Institutional Crypto Adoption—and Other Investors Are Following 

With nimble structures and fewer reputational constraints, family offices allocated to cryptocurrency years before most institutions.  

Experts attribute this early adoption to streamlined decision-making and willingness to embrace new asset classes.  

“Family offices are just more flexible and nimble,” said TIGER 21 Founder and Chairman Michael Sonnenfeldt. “When something new comes along, they’re more likely to adopt it.”  

As regulatory clarity improves and infrastructure strengthens, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and pension funds are beginning to follow their lead. Where the TIGER 21 community is concerned, the average crypto allocation now stands at 2%, primarily in Bitcoin.  

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