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Digital asset adoption in SMSFs not a surprise
Financial Standard
|May 18, 2026
New data shows more self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are rapidly adopting digital assets in their portfolios, but SMSF Association chief executive Peter Burgess said it isn't a worry to him if all entities remain compliant under their respective obligations.
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Findings from OKX’s Voting with Their Super; Digital assets, SMSFs and the structural transformation of Australian retirement savings report, which surveyed some 820 investors, including SMSF trustees with and without crypto investments, and crypto investors with and without SMSFs, indicated almost half (46%) of trustees holding digital assets in their SMSF said the access to digital assets was the primary reason they established the fund.
Among the same cohort, nearly half allocated more than 50% of the fund to the asset class, and 28% held more than 90%, displaying a highly concentrated position.
Further, one in five (20%) had established their SMSF in the same year as their first digital asset investment.
This story is from the May 18, 2026 edition of Financial Standard.
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