Seoul: About one in four South Koreans aged 20 to 50 currently hold virtual assets, with the majority of these investors being men in their 30s and 40s working in white-collar jobs, a new report from the Hana Institute of Finance shows.

The report, titled 2050 Generation’s Virtual Asset Investment Trends, highlights how investor behaviour has evolved from trend-chasing to a more analytical and planned approach.

The study shows that aggressive and risk-tolerant individuals are significantly more likely to invest in cryptocurrencies.

Despite holding fewer liquid assets than the average, these investors allocate more capital overall to financial products,…