diff --git a/packages/page-assets/src/Balances/Account.tsx b/packages/page-assets/src/Balances/Account.tsx
index 03b65dd3043..4dc9547aae0 100644
--- a/packages/page-assets/src/Balances/Account.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-assets/src/Balances/Account.tsx
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ interface Props {
   siFormat: [number, string];
 }
 
-function Account ({ account: { balance, isFrozen, reason, sufficient }, accountId, assetId, className, minBalance, siFormat }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
+function Account ({ account: { balance, isFrozen, reason, sufficient }, accountId, assetId, minBalance, siFormat }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
 
   return (
-    <tr className={className}>
+    <>
       <td className='address'>
         <AddressSmall value={accountId} />
       </td>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function Account ({ account: { balance, isFrozen, reason, sufficient }, accountI
           siFormat={siFormat}
         />
       </td>
-    </tr>
+    </>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/page-assets/src/Balances/Asset.tsx b/packages/page-assets/src/Balances/Asset.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50228820282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/page-assets/src/Balances/Asset.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 @polkadot/app-assets authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import type { AssetInfoComplete } from '@polkadot/react-hooks/types';
+
+import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { styled } from '@polkadot/react-components';
+import { formatNumber } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+import Account from './Account.js';
+import useBalances from './useBalances.js';
+
+interface Props {
+  asset: AssetInfoComplete,
+  className?: string;
+  searchValue: string;
+}
+
+const Asset = ({ asset: { details, id, metadata }, className, searchValue }: Props) => {
+  const balances = useBalances(id);
+
+  const siFormat = useMemo(
+    (): [number, string] => metadata
+      ? [metadata.decimals.toNumber(), metadata.symbol.toUtf8().toUpperCase()]
+      : [0, 'NONE'],
+    [metadata]
+  );
+
+  const shouldShowAsset = useMemo(() => metadata.name.toUtf8().toLowerCase().includes(searchValue) ||
+  formatNumber(id).toString().replaceAll(',', '').includes(searchValue), [id, metadata.name, searchValue]);
+
+  if (!balances?.length || !shouldShowAsset) {
+    return <></>;
+  }
+
+  return balances.map(({ account, accountId }, index) => {
+    return (
+      <StyledTr
+        className={`isExpanded ${className}`}
+        isFirstItem={index === 0}
+        isLastItem={index === balances.length - 1}
+        key={accountId}
+      >
+        <td className='all'>
+          {index === 0 && <>{metadata.name.toUtf8()} ({formatNumber(id)})</>}
+        </td>
+        <Account
+          account={account}
+          accountId={accountId}
+          assetId={id}
+          key={accountId}
+          minBalance={details.minBalance}
+          siFormat={siFormat}
+        />
+      </StyledTr>
+    );
+  });
+};
+
+const BASE_BORDER = 0.125;
+const BORDER_TOP = `${BASE_BORDER * 3}rem solid var(--bg-page)`;
+const BORDER_RADIUS = `${BASE_BORDER * 4}rem`;
+
+const StyledTr = styled.tr<{isFirstItem: boolean; isLastItem: boolean}>`
+  td {
+    border-top: ${(props) => props.isFirstItem && BORDER_TOP};
+    border-radius: 0rem !important;
+    
+      &:first-child {
+        padding-block: 1rem !important;
+        border-top-left-radius: ${(props) => props.isFirstItem ? BORDER_RADIUS : '0rem'}!important;
+        border-bottom-left-radius: ${(props) => props.isLastItem ? BORDER_RADIUS : '0rem'}!important;
+      }
+
+      &:last-child {
+        border-top-right-radius: ${(props) => props.isFirstItem ? BORDER_RADIUS : '0rem'}!important;
+        border-bottom-right-radius: ${(props) => props.isLastItem ? BORDER_RADIUS : '0rem'}!important;
+      }
+  }
+`;
+
+export default Asset;
diff --git a/packages/page-assets/src/Balances/index.tsx b/packages/page-assets/src/Balances/index.tsx
index d9bcb9a17ab..58c2d6e0e03 100644
--- a/packages/page-assets/src/Balances/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-assets/src/Balances/index.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2025 @polkadot/app-assets authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import type { DropdownItemProps } from 'semantic-ui-react';
 import type { AssetInfo, AssetInfoComplete } from '@polkadot/react-hooks/types';
 
-import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
-import { Dropdown, styled, Table } from '@polkadot/react-components';
-import { formatNumber } from '@polkadot/util';
+import { Input, styled, Table } from '@polkadot/react-components';
 
 import { useTranslation } from '../translate.js';
-import Account from './Account.js';
-import useBalances from './useBalances.js';
+import Asset from './Asset.js';
 
 interface Props {
   className?: string;
@@ -20,97 +17,61 @@ interface Props {
 
 function Balances ({ className, infos = [] }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const [selectedAssetValue, setSelectedAssetValue] = useState('0');
-  const [info, setInfo] = useState<AssetInfoComplete | null>(null);
-  const balances = useBalances(info?.id);
+  const [{ searchValue }, onApplySearch] = useState({ searchValue: '' });
 
   const headerRef = useRef<([React.ReactNode?, string?, number?] | false)[]>([
+    [t('asset'), 'start'],
     [t('accounts'), 'start'],
     [t('frozen'), 'start'],
     [t('sufficient'), 'start'],
-    [],
+    [t('free balance'), 'start'],
     []
   ]);
 
-  const completeInfos = useMemo(
+  const onChangeInput = useCallback((e: string) => {
+    onApplySearch({ searchValue: e });
+  }, []);
+
+  const completeAssets = useMemo(
     () => infos
       .filter((i): i is AssetInfoComplete => !!(i.details && i.metadata) && !i.details.supply.isZero())
       .sort((a, b) => a.id.cmp(b.id)),
     [infos]
   );
 
-  const assetOptions = useMemo(
-    () => completeInfos.map(({ id, metadata }) => ({
-      text: `${metadata.name.toUtf8()} (${formatNumber(id)})`,
-      value: id.toString()
-    })),
-    [completeInfos]
-  );
-
-  const siFormat = useMemo(
-    (): [number, string] => info
-      ? [info.metadata.decimals.toNumber(), info.metadata.symbol.toUtf8().toUpperCase()]
-      : [0, 'NONE'],
-    [info]
-  );
-
-  const onSearch = useCallback(
-    (options: DropdownItemProps[], value: string): DropdownItemProps[] =>
-      options.filter((options) => {
-        const { text: optText, value: optValue } = options as { text: string, value: number };
-
-        return parseInt(value) === optValue || optText.includes(value);
-      }),
-    []
-  );
-
-  useEffect((): void => {
-    const info = completeInfos.find(({ id }) => id.toString() === selectedAssetValue);
-
-    // if no info found (usually happens on first load), select the first one automatically
-    if (!info) {
-      setInfo(completeInfos.at(0) ?? null);
-      setSelectedAssetValue(completeInfos.at(0)?.id?.toString() ?? '0');
-    } else {
-      setInfo(info);
-    }
-  }, [completeInfos, selectedAssetValue]);
-
   return (
     <StyledDiv className={className}>
+      <Input
+        aria-label={t('Search by asset id or name')}
+        className='full isSmall'
+        label={t('Search')}
+        onChange={onChangeInput}
+        placeholder={t('Search by asset id or name')}
+        value={searchValue}
+      />
       <Table
-        empty={info && balances && t('No accounts with balances found for the asset')}
-        filter={assetOptions.length
-          ? (
-            <Dropdown
-              isFull
-              label={t('the asset to query for balances')}
-              onChange={setSelectedAssetValue}
-              onSearch={onSearch}
-              options={assetOptions}
-              value={selectedAssetValue}
-            />
-          )
-          : undefined
-        }
+        empty={t('No accounts with balances found for the asset')}
         header={headerRef.current}
       >
-        {info && balances?.map(({ account, accountId }) => (
-          <Account
-            account={account}
-            accountId={accountId}
-            assetId={info.id}
-            key={accountId}
-            minBalance={info.details.minBalance}
-            siFormat={siFormat}
-          />
-        ))}
+        {completeAssets.map((asset) => {
+          return (
+            <Asset
+              asset={asset}
+              key={asset.id.toString()}
+              searchValue={searchValue.toLowerCase()}
+            />
+          );
+        })}
       </Table>
     </StyledDiv>
   );
 }
 
 const StyledDiv = styled.div`
+  input {
+    max-width: 250px !important;
+  }
+
   table {
     overflow: auto;
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-hooks/src/useAssetInfos.ts b/packages/react-hooks/src/useAssetInfos.ts
index c984bc5f81f..8880d373e04 100644
--- a/packages/react-hooks/src/useAssetInfos.ts
+++ b/packages/react-hooks/src/useAssetInfos.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function useAssetInfosImpl (ids?: BN[]): AssetInfo[] | undefined {
   const { api } = useApi();
   const { allAccounts } = useAccounts();
 
-  const isReady = useMemo(() => !!api.tx.assets?.setMetadata && !!api.tx.assets?.transferKeepAlive, [api.tx.assets?.setMetadata, api.tx.assets?.transferKeepAlive]);
+  const isReady = useMemo(() => !!ids?.length && !!api.tx.assets?.setMetadata && !!api.tx.assets?.transferKeepAlive, [api.tx.assets?.setMetadata, api.tx.assets?.transferKeepAlive, ids?.length]);
 
   const metadata = useCall<[[BN[]], PalletAssetsAssetMetadata[]]>(isReady && api.query.assets.metadata.multi, [ids], QUERY_OPTS);
   const details = useCall<[[BN[]], Option<PalletAssetsAssetDetails>[]]>(isReady && api.query.assets.asset.multi, [ids], QUERY_OPTS);