diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/assets/assets-nav/assets-nav.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/assets/assets-nav/assets-nav.component.ts
index 10242bf61..c31e6cbaa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/assets/assets-nav/assets-nav.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/assets/assets-nav/assets-nav.component.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,13 @@ import { UntypedFormBuilder, UntypedFormGroup, Validators } from '@angular/forms
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { NgbTypeahead } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
 import { merge, Observable, of, Subject } from 'rxjs';
-import { distinctUntilChanged, filter, map, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { debounceTime, distinctUntilChanged, filter, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { AssetsService } from '@app/services/assets.service';
 import { SeoService } from '@app/services/seo.service';
 import { StateService } from '@app/services/state.service';
 import { RelativeUrlPipe } from '@app/shared/pipes/relative-url/relative-url.pipe';
 import { environment } from '@environments/environment';
-
-interface AssetSearchResult {
-  asset_id: string;
-  name: string;
-  ticker: string;
-  entity?: { domain: string };
-}
+import { AssetRegistryItem } from '@interfaces/electrs.interface';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-assets-nav',
@@ -27,10 +21,10 @@ export class AssetsNavComponent implements OnInit {
   @ViewChild('instance', {static: true}) instance: NgbTypeahead;
   nativeAssetId = this.stateService.network === 'liquidtestnet' ? environment.nativeTestAssetId : environment.nativeAssetId;
   searchForm: UntypedFormGroup;
-  assetsCache: AssetSearchResult[];
+  assetsCache: AssetRegistryItem[];
 
   typeaheadSearchFn: ((text: Observable<string>) => Observable<readonly any[]>);
-  formatterFn = (asset: AssetSearchResult) => asset.name + ' (' + asset.ticker  + ')';
+  formatterFn = (asset: AssetRegistryItem) => asset.name + ' (' + asset.ticker  + ')';
   focus$ = new Subject<string>();
   click$ = new Subject<string>();
 
@@ -57,6 +51,7 @@ export class AssetsNavComponent implements OnInit {
 
   typeaheadSearch = (text$: Observable<string>) => {
     const debouncedText$ = text$.pipe(
+      debounceTime(200),
       distinctUntilChanged()
     );
     const clicksWithClosedPopup$ = this.click$.pipe(filter(() => !this.instance.isPopupOpen()));
@@ -68,23 +63,7 @@ export class AssetsNavComponent implements OnInit {
           if (!searchText.length) {
             return of([]);
           }
-          return this.assetsService.getAssetsMinimalJson$.pipe(
-            map((assets) => {
-              if (searchText.length ) {
-                const filteredAssets = Object.entries(assets).map(([assetId, assetData]: [string, any[]]) => ({
-                  asset_id: assetId,
-                  entity: assetData[0] ? { domain: assetData[0] } : undefined,
-                  ticker: assetData[1] || '',
-                  name: assetData[2] || '',
-                })).filter((asset) => asset.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchText.toLowerCase()) > -1
-                  || (asset.ticker || '').toLowerCase().indexOf(searchText.toLowerCase()) > -1
-                  || (asset.entity && asset.entity.domain || '').toLowerCase().indexOf(searchText.toLowerCase()) > -1);
-                return filteredAssets.slice(0, this.itemsPerPage);
-              } else {
-                return [];
-              }
-            })
-          );
+          return this.assetsService.searchLiquidAssets$(searchText, this.itemsPerPage);
         }),
       );
   };
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/services/assets.service.ts b/frontend/src/app/services/assets.service.ts
index 042d76531..687b2fe33 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/services/assets.service.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/services/assets.service.ts
@@ -187,4 +187,32 @@ export class AssetsService {
       })),
     );
   }
+
+  public searchLiquidAssets$(searchText: string, limit: number): Observable<AssetRegistryItem[]> {
+    const lowerSearchText = searchText.toLowerCase();
+    return (this.registryAvailable ? this.electrsApiService.getLiquidAssetsRegistrySearch$(searchText).pipe(
+      catchError((error) => {
+        if (![404, 501].includes(error.status)) {
+          return throwError(() => error);
+        }
+        this.registryAvailable = false;
+        return of(null);
+      }),
+    ) : of(null)).pipe(
+      switchMap((registryAssets) => registryAssets ? of(registryAssets) : this.getAssetsMinimalJson$.pipe(
+        map((assets) => Object.entries(assets).map(([assetId, assetData]: [string, any[]]) => ({
+          asset_id: assetId,
+          entity: assetData[0] ? { domain: assetData[0] } : undefined,
+          ticker: assetData[1] || '',
+          name: assetData[2] || '',
+        })).filter((asset) => asset.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(lowerSearchText) > -1
+          || (asset.ticker || '').toLowerCase().indexOf(lowerSearchText) > -1
+          || (asset.entity && asset.entity.domain || '').toLowerCase().indexOf(lowerSearchText) > -1)),
+      )),
+      map((assets) => assets.map((asset) => ({
+        ...asset,
+        entity: asset.entity || (asset.domain ? { domain: asset.domain } : undefined),
+      })).slice(0, limit)),
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/services/electrs-api.service.ts b/frontend/src/app/services/electrs-api.service.ts
index 687156f44..c3d53f7da 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/services/electrs-api.service.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/services/electrs-api.service.ts
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ export class ElectrsApiService {
     return this.httpClient.get<AssetRegistryItem[]>(this.apiBaseUrl + this.apiBasePath + '/api/assets/registry', { params, observe: 'response' });
   }
 
+  getLiquidAssetsRegistrySearch$(query: string): Observable<AssetRegistryItem[]> {
+    const params = new HttpParams().set('q', query);
+    return this.httpClient.get<AssetRegistryItem[]>(this.apiBaseUrl + this.apiBasePath + '/api/assets/registry/search', { params });
+  }
+
   getAssetTransactions$(assetId: string): Observable<Transaction[]> {
     return this.httpClient.get<Transaction[]>(this.apiBaseUrl + this.apiBasePath + '/api/asset/' + assetId + '/txs');
   }