BlackRock APAC CEO Nicholas Peach Says 1% Crypto Allocation in Asia Could Unlock $2 Trillion

Nicholas Peach, BlackRock’s head of APAC iShares, has addressed a public forum and said that a shift of just 1% of Asia’s largest household wealth to crypto could flood the market with nearly $2 billion.

On February 11, 2026, speaking to attendees of the Consensus event in Hong Kong, Peach said, “Some model advisors are now recommending a 1% allocation to cryptocurrencies in your regular investment portfolio.”

Currently, Asia’s household wealth sits at around $108 trillion. Yes, 1% is a sequential tweak. But it can leverage traditional portfolios. Why should you care about percentage points in Asian portfolios? Think of the current crypto market as a swimming pool. Currently, it is mostly filled with garden hoses. Those are individual investors like us! What we are talking about here is BlackRock and Peach turning on the big firehose.

If you do some fun math, it’s roughly $108 trillion of domestic wealth across Asia. So you take 1% of that. And that would be just south of $2 trillion in market revenue, which is, 60% of what the market is now?

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Institutional acquisitions are the holy grail of Bitcoin’s long-term growth because these funds have a capitalization that makes institutional acquisitions look trivial. With structural storms driving the market despite occasional turbulence, this potential influx is not just a drop in the bucket—it’s enough to completely reset the landscape. When the world’s greatest money manager speaks, the market listens.

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Is BlackRock exaggerating? Is the Two Hundred Trillion Injection Available?

A BlackRock executive revealed that wealth in the Asian region stands at $108 trillion. A seemingly small shift of 1% of that diverse pool to digital assets equates to nearly $2 billion.

To put that into perspective, that number would increase the total value of all cryptocurrencies significantly. But reports from AI Invest indicate that this money could go into ETFs and direct investments, charging the market.

We are already seeing institutions buying dips in other regions, suggesting that the smart money is quietly setting itself up. While retail investors are panicking over the slow decline, institutional giants may be eyeing these big, long-term trends.

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And What Does This Mean for Bitcoin?

After weeks of struggle due to national headwinds and other macros, Bitcoin USD is currently at $67k-$68k. But, if this $2 trillion actually hits the market, expect Bitcoin prices to fluctuate wildly.

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Basic economics tells us that when high demand meets limited supply (like Bitcoin’s fixed cap), prices typically rise. This is pure liquidity management in action.

However, don’t pop the champagne just yet. Big money moves slowly. The pattern is that Wall Street Bitcoin ETFs tend to outperform other assets, these investors are selective and risk averse. Plus, Coinbase Research Chief highlighted the same when he said that we can’t always catch a break quickly; income may not match.

Still, BlackRock’s optimism shows that digital assets are still in their growth phase.

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