While the underlying motivations and outcomes remain the same, the form of these exit assets changes with prevailing technology and culture. The new generation of exit assets included Swiss banks, Caribbean structures as tax havens, and other secrecy jurisdictions. Crypto as an exit assetAgainst this backdrop, crypto assets can be said to be the latest reincarnation in this lineage — a modern digital exit asset. But exit assets are defensive — accumulated when trust collapses, policy credibility erodes or inflation threatens contractual claims. And if we were to learn from historical episodes, most people enter exit assets too late and leave them too slowly!

Source: The Edge Markets February 02, 2026 05:02 UTC