Animoca’s Yat Siu says Digital Assets’s Trump moment is over as market shifts to institutions

POLITICS MAY FADE, BUT DIGITAL ASSETS ARE BUILT TO TRADE

Has the market for digital assets moved past the excitement surrounding Trump? The “Trump moment” for digital assets, according to Animoca Brands co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu, is finished as the market moves away from political expectations and towards institutional acceptance and long-term structure.

For the majority of 2025, digital asset markets were driven by the expectation that rapid regulatory clarity would result from U.S. President Donald Trump’s strong political backing.

Prior to governmental action, prices increased, and many investors anticipated broad improvements that did not materialise. The market started to adjust as those expectations subsided.

Speaking in Hong Kong, Siu stated that a crucial lesson has been learnt by the business. Political figures cannot be the source of growth for digital assets. Rather, infrastructure, regulations, and actual users will drive the next stage.

Siu highlighted how institutional capital is increasingly influencing how markets behave. Like gold, big investors are increasingly viewing bitcoin as a long-term reserve asset.

Such a shift is changing the way capital moves through the market and compelling other digital assets to demonstrate actual utility instead of depending solely on conjecture.

Additionally, he identified the convergence of artificial intelligence and digital assets as a significant structural trend.

Siu claims that blockchain technology offers the autonomy, ownership, and trust required for AI-driven systems to function autonomously and safely.

He said Hong Kong is in a good position to gain from this change. The city combines tight connections to Asia’s technology economy, strong regulatory development, and worldwide financial access.

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