<p>A survey obtained by The Block from investment banking giant Goldman Sachs suggests that investors continue to be bullish about crypto. </p> <p>The New York-based bank, which operates a digital assets desk, surveyed 172 clients on their attitudes towards digital assets. 60% of those surveyed expect to increase their digital asset holdings in the next one to two years.</p> <p>Of those expressing enthusiasm about crypto, 32% said that they expected to "significantly increase" their crypto holdings. </p> <p>Meanwhile, 51% of its clients reported exposure to crypto, compared to <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/03/05/40-of-goldman-sachs-clients-reported-exposure-to-crypto-survey/">40% from the previous year.</a> About 55% could allocate up to 5% of total assets to crypto, according to the survey. </p> <h2>DeFi, altcoins in focus </h2> <p>The Goldman Sachs digital asset client survey also indicated that institutional investors are warming up to DeFi, altcoins and NFTs.</p> <p>Whilst BTC and ETH continued to show strong interest — 22% each — 15% of respondents took an interest in altcoins, 14% in DeFi token exposure, and 9% in NFTs. Previously, <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/97259/goldman-sachs-crypto-survey-shows-22-of-respondents-expect-100000-bitcoin">a mere 16% took interest in coins</a> other than the holy trinity of BTC, ETH, and stablecoins. </p> <p>The news comes after the digital assets trading unit at the Wall Street firm made <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/138626/goldman-sachs-otc-crypto-options-trade">its first-ever over-the-counter (OTC) crypto transaction</a> with a bitcoin non-deliverable option on Monday. Previously, the bank has also <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/136950/goldman-sachs-receives-fee-to-connect-clients-to-galaxy-digitals-eth-fund">connected its clients</a> to Galaxy Digital's ETH fund along with investing actively in space — for instance, it participated in crypto bank Anchorage's <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/127579/crypto-bank-anchorage-series-d-funding-kkr-goldman-sachs-others">$350 million Series D last year.</a> </p>