The expression “we are even earlier” remains a popular feeling in the crypto community in 2025, suggesting that despite Bitcoin (BTC) Price exceeding $ 100,000, the overall adoption of digital assets is still in its infancy.
Morgan Stalney’s recent investigation into finance professionals confirms this feeling. The giant of investment banks interviewed more than 500 summer trainees in North America from June 10 to 27 and 147 summer trainees in Europe from June 26 to July 7.
The survey revealed that only 18% of trainees have or use cryptocurrencies, from 13% the previous year. At the same time, the percentage of trainees interested in digital assets increased to 26% against 23%. Meanwhile, 55% still do not care about digital assets, a majority, although the number is 63% last year.
Lack of widespread interest seems significant, especially since BTC has already been accepted to Wall Street thanks to the introduction of ETFs.
The 11 BTC ETFs have raised $ 53.7 billion in investor wealth since their beginnings in January of last year, according to Data Source Farside Investors. ETHE ETHE recorded an influx of $ 12.4 billion. Companies quickly add both assets to their balance sheets.
The BTC price exceeded $ 100,000 this year, taking foot in institutional investor portfolios. Friday, Ether reached a record of more than $ 4,800.
More open to AI
The investigation revealed a clear adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) By future leaders in the finance industry, with 96% of American trainees and 91% of their European counterparts signaling the use of technology at least occasionally.
The consensus is that AI is effective, with almost all respondents agree, they “save me time” and are “easy to use”. However, 88% of trainees also had a nuanced opinion, believing that technology “always needs an improvement in precision”.
Generalized adoption is in accordance with the feeling of Wall Street, where companies Mag 7 should spend $ 650 billion in capital and research and development spending this year.
Dollars of the humanoid market
The survey has revealed that most trainees are interested in having humanoids or sophisticated machines designed with a human form and capacities, but are cautious about their impact on society.
More than 60% of American trainees and 69% of European trainees have expressed their interest in having a humanoid at home, the two regions believing that robots will have “viable use cases” and will replace many human jobs.
However, only 36% of American trainees and 24% of Europeans agreed that humanoids would have a positive impact on society.
Morgan Stanley estimates that the humanoid market could exceed 5 billions of dollars by 2050, including sales of supply chains and networks for repair, maintenance and support.
“Although humanoids are still under development, there could be more than a billion by 2050, with 90% used for industrial and commercial purposes,” said the giant of investment banks in a report in May.
