Singapore ranked No. 1 for a fourth straight year in a country ranking assessing conditions for cryptocurrency investors to relocate and settle. Its regulatory framework, financial infrastructure and technology innovation environment were cited as strengths.

Coinpost reported on Sept. 17, citing local time, that international residency and citizenship advisory firm Henley & Partners released the Crypto Wealth Report 2026 on Sept. 8. The report’s Henley Crypto Adoption Index compares 36 countries that offer routes to obtain residency or citizenship, measuring cryptocurrency infrastructure, regulation, tax systems and innovation environments. It differs from a simple ranking of cryptocurrency adoption rates.

The report listed the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Hong Kong, the United States and Switzerland in the top five after Singapore. Malta, Thailand, Britain, Cyprus and the Bahamas followed. The UAE received a perfect score for crypto tax friendliness, and the United States received a perfect score for mass adoption.

Singapore was rated highly for pursuing government-led projects in asset tokenisation, digital currencies and cross-border payments. A mature fintech industry and a tax system favourable to cryptocurrency investors also had an impact.

The report also highlighted changes in investment approaches. CoinShares co-founder Jean-Marie Mognetti (장마리 모그네티) pointed out that “even using ETFs does not eliminate the risk of a bitcoin price decline.” He also cited a case in which Hyperliquid (HYPE) rose 76.7 percent while the total cryptocurrency market capitalisation fell 12.6 percent in the second quarter this year, introducing a “delta-neutral” strategy that combines long and short positions to reduce exposure to market direction. The strategy still does not eliminate the risk of losses.

The report also presented challenges for stablecoins. Report contributor Gurneet Kaur (그니트 카우르) assessed that “stablecoins are expanding into international remittance infrastructure, but additional fees and time may be added in the process of converting them into fiat currency.” She also pointed to market concentration as a risk factor, with USDT and USDC accounting for about 83 percent of circulation.