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‘What does Harvard see coming?’ asks macro analyst as university ups IBIT position by 257%
ByRicardo November 16, 2025

Harvard University elevated its holdings of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) by 257% in comparison with its June position, with a reported 6,813,612 shares valued at $442.9 million as of September 30. The allocation rose from 1,906,000 shares price about $116 million earlier this yr. The similar SEC filing revealed that Harvard has doubled down…

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Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin ensuring blockchain privacy is critical to building ‘open and verifiable’ societies
ByRicardo September 24, 2025

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that society’s rising reliance on digital infrastructure may erode public belief until applied sciences are constructed on open and verifiable foundations. In a Sept. 24 weblog post, he argued that healthcare techniques, civic instruments, and private applied sciences face heightened dangers when customers can not see how the techniques that…

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