Harvard Endowment Slashes Bitcoin ETF by 43% and Exits Ethereum ETF

The post Harvard dumps Ether ETF as Abu Dhabi doubles down on Bitcoin appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Institutional crypto ETF filings for the first quarter showed a split between buyers and sellers.  Summary Harvard fully exited BlackRock’s Ether ETF while cutting its IBIT position another 43% in Q1. Mubadala added two million IBIT shares, keeping Abu Dhabi’s Bitcoin ETF exposure above $500 million. Dartmouth kept Bitcoin exposure flat but added Solana staking ETF shares, widening endowment crypto allocations. Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company raised its BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust position, while Harvard Management Company reduced its Bitcoin ETF stake and removed its BlackRock Ether ETF holding. The filings came after a volatile quarter for digital assets and ETF flows. They also showed how large investors used regulated funds in different ways. Some funds added exposure through Bitcoin ETFs. Others cut risk, shifted products, or widened allocations beyond Bitcoin and

Harvard exited its Ether ETF and cut IBIT holdings, while Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala added Bitcoin ETF exposure and Dartmouth bought a Solana ETF.

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company raised its stake in Blackrock’s Ishares bitcoin ETF by 16% in Q1 2026, disclosing ownership of 14.7 million shares valued at $565.6 million. Quarter by Quarter Mubadala’s bitcoin ETF exposure has grown in every reporting period since it first appeared in disclosures. The fund entered in Q4 2024 with a […]

The post Italy’s largest bank loads up on Bitcoin ETFs as crypto exposure tops $200M appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Italy’s biggest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, has sharply increased exposure to Bitcoin-linked investment products, with its total crypto-related holdings exceeding $200 million as of the first quarter of 2026.  New filings show the bank also made major bets on a few U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs and on its options position tied to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust.  The move signals increasing trust from traditional banks in a regulated set of crypto investment products, even while digital asset markets have been volatile.  The most recent 13F filings prepared in the U.S. indicate that Intesa Sanpaolo increased its stake in the ARK Invest and 21Shares Bitcoin ETF to roughly $81.17 million, up from $72.6 million in the previous quarter. So did its shares in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF now hit $24.85 million from $23.44 million.  The bank also held smaller positions in p

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Intesa Sanpaolo more than doubled its crypto exposure from $100M to $235M between Q4 2025 and Q1 2026. The bank entered Ethereum and XRP for the first time via BlackRock’s iShares and Grayscale’s XRP Trust ETFs. Intesa nearly exited Solana entirely, cutting holdings from 266,320 shares to just 2,817 in one quarter. Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s […] The post Italy’s Top Bank Raises Crypto Holdings to $235M Amid Institutional Push appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

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The crypto market lost $90B in an hour as PPI hit 6%, BlackRock's IBIT shed $136M, and 154,000 traders were liquidated in 24 hours.