Australian Retirement Funds Omit 2025 Crypto Surge

Crypto investments within Australian Self-Managed Super Funds (SMSFs) showed a modest decline of 4% year-on-year in June 2025, despite a 60% surge in the price of Bitcoin over the same period. According to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), SMSF crypto holdings were valued at approximately A$3.02 billion ($1.97 billion) in June 2025, down from A$3.12 billion in June 2024, after adjustments for consistent valuation [1]. Simon Ho, head of SMSF strategy at Coinstash, noted that the figure was “undercooked” because it was based on tax return data due by May 2026 [1].

The data, however, reveals a longer-term upward trend in crypto adoption within SMSFs. From June 2023 to June 2025,…