Harvard’s Bitcoin Bag Swells: Spot BTC ETF Holdings Climb 257% In Q3
Bitcoin has loved consideration as one of the rewarding shops of worth lately, with institutional adoption reaching new highs this 12 months. One such landmark Bitcoin acquisition was made by Harvard University, arguably the world’s most prestigious tutorial establishment.
Earlier in August, Harvard disclosed an funding portfolio containing $117 million price of shares in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) as of the tip of Q2. According to its newest disclosure, the college’s BTC publicity practically tripled over the past quarter.
BlackRock’s IBIT Becomes Harvard’s Largest Investment
In its newest 13F submitting, Harvard University revealed that it held 6,813,612 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) valued at roughly $443 million as of September 30.
This further acquisition highlights the establishment’s expansive capital allocation technique, which additionally noticed its SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) holdings develop to 661,391 shares (price roughly $235 million) in 2025 Q3.
Notably, Harvard’s present holding of the main spot BTC ETF represents a 257% improve from the disclosed 1,906,000 shares declared as of June. As of now, BlackRock’s exchange-traded fund is the only largest funding of the college’s reported holdings.
While the present IBIT place makes solely a small portion of Harvard’s endowment of $57 billion, it’s vital sufficient to make the college the Sixteenth-largest IBIT holder. As inferred earlier, stories of institutional adoption equivalent to this additional add credence to Bitcoin’s standing as a strategic reserve asset and the rising demand for exchange-traded funds.
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas wrote on X:
It’s tremendous uncommon/tough to get an endowment to chew on an ETF- esp a Harvard or Yale, it’s nearly as good a validation as an ETF can get. That mentioned, half a billion is a mere 1% of whole endowment. Big sufficient to rank Sixteenth amongst IBIT holders tho.
BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Records Its Largest Outflow Day
The US-based Bitcoin ETFs have suffered waning investor demand in latest weeks, with the previous week notably disappointing. According to the most recent market information, the exchange-traded funds registered a complete internet outflow of $1.1 billion prior to now week.
Leading these withdrawals was BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, which is at the moment on a three-day outflow streak. Data from SoSoValue exhibits that $463.1 million flowed out of the BTC ETF on Friday, November 14.
As of this writing, BlackRock’s IBIT nonetheless ranks as the most important spot Bitcoin ETF, with internet property price roughly $74.98 billion.
