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Harvard University’s endowment cut its position in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF by roughly 43% during the first quarter of 2026 and fully exited the firm’s spot Ethereum (ETH) fund, a fresh regulatory filing shows. The retreat surfaced in the latest 13F filings. Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala moved the opposite way, lifting its IBIT stake 16% to roughly $566 million. Harvard’s Crypto Bet Didn’t Age Well Harvard Management Company held 3,044,612 shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) as of March 31, worth about $117 million. That figure appears in the Q1 2026 13F filings on the SEC EDGAR website. Harvard’s IBIT Holdings. Source: Q1 2026 13F filings on SEC EDGAR The total marks a 43% reduction from the prior quarter and a sharp pullback from the position’s peak. The endowment first disclosed IBIT exposure in mid-2025, when it bought roughly 1.9 million shares for about $117 million. It the
BTC’s slide toward $76,000 pushed bitcoin sentiment into bearish territory, according to Santiment. The firm said retail pessimism hit its weakest level in nearly four weeks, a setup it views as supportive for a potential rebound. Bitcoin Sentiment Ratio Turns Bearish After BTC Slide Bitcoin traded near $77,000 around 5:36 p.m. after briefly dipping toward […]
Ethereum’s sideways price action has continued, but demand for the leading altcoin on the institutional level has not yet cooled down. During this persistent price action, institutions across the sector have been quietly increasing their exposure to ETH, buying more of the altcoin. Corporate Demand Pushes Ethereum Reserves Higher A recent report has revealed an […]
After approaching $40 per petahash per second (PH/s) in hashprice terms, bitcoin’s latest price decline triggered a pullback in hashprice, reducing mining profitability since May 14. Conditions tightened further the next day when the difficulty adjustment arrived, pushing mining difficulty 3.12% higher than the previous epoch. Bitcoin Petahash Value Slides to $35 as Mining Difficulty […]
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