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Whereas the allocation stays small relative to Harvard’s $56.9 billion educational endowment fund, it alerts a longer-term funding technique by conventional traders of spot Bitcoin ETFs.
BlackRock’s iShares BTC ETF Is Now Harvard’s Largest Public Funding
In keeping with a Type 13F filed with the U.S. Securities and Change Fee (SEC), Harvard Administration Firm, which oversees the college’s $50 billion endowment, held 6.8 million shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Belief (IBIT) as of September 30. The stake is price round $442.8 million, up from $326 million from the 1,906,000 shares reported on June 30.
The Ivy League college’s allocation of IBIT shares ranked as its largest funding, inserting it simply forward of its funding in Google’s dad or mum firm, Alphabet, Amazon, journey know-how firm Reserving Holdings, and Meta.
IBIT, one of the vital efficiently launched exchange-traded funds in historical past, is a spot Bitcoin ETF that enables traders to achieve publicity to the premier crypto with out straight holding it.
 
Harvard joins an growing variety of universities including regulated BTC merchandise to their portfolios. Others embrace Brown College, which holds $13.8 million in IBIT shares.
The disclosure comes as spot Bitcoin funds witnessed huge outflows this week. The 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs bled roughly $869 million on Thursday, the second-largest single-day tally because the SEC greenlighted their Wall Avenue debut in 2024.
Regardless of a painful week for Bitcoin, which kicked off the week at over $107,000 earlier than slumping under $95,000 on Friday, the college endowment disclosures sign rising institutional consolation with the asset class.
