{"id":25965,"date":"2025-08-09T16:50:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/us-universities-expand-bitcoin-holdings-via-etfs\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T16:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:50:29","slug":"us-universities-expand-bitcoin-holdings-via-etfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/us-universities-expand-bitcoin-holdings-via-etfs\/","title":{"rendered":"US Universities Expand Bitcoin Holdings via ETFs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the most prestigious educational institutions in the United States, including Harvard and Brown University, have reported purchasing Bitcoin through ETFs.<\/p>\n<p>The Harvard Management Company, which oversees Harvard&#8217;s endowment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1082621\/000095012325007364\/xslForm13F_X02\/43918.xml\">disclosed<\/a> in a quarterly report to the <span data-descr=\"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\" class=\"old_tooltip\">SEC<\/span> the acquisition of shares in BlackRock&#8217;s spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) valued at $116 million.<\/p>\n<p>As of July 30, the organization held approximately 1.9 million IBIT shares. The purchased Bitcoin ETFs, in monetary terms, matched or even surpassed other university holdings such as Nvidia ($104 million), Meta ($120 million), Amazon ($234 million), and Microsoft ($310 million).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/501B5960-0849-4983-B0D1-FBA5D4F84471-1024x394.png\" alt=\"{501B5960-0849-4983-B0D1-FBA5D4F84471}\" class=\"wp-image-263592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/501B5960-0849-4983-B0D1-FBA5D4F84471-1024x394.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/501B5960-0849-4983-B0D1-FBA5D4F84471-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/501B5960-0849-4983-B0D1-FBA5D4F84471-768x296.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/501B5960-0849-4983-B0D1-FBA5D4F84471.png 1187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portfolio of Harvard Management Company. Source: sec.gov.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a result, Harvard Management Company became the 29th largest holder of IBIT shares among 1,300 investors.<\/p>\n<p>Brown University also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/edgar\/search\/#\/q=Bitcoin&#038;dateRange=custom&#038;entityName=Brown&#038;startdt=2025-08-08&#038;enddt=2025-08-08\">reported<\/a> holding 212,500 IBIT shares, valued at $13 million at the time of filing. The institution more than doubled its Bitcoin ETF holdings over the quarter, with 105,000 shares at the end of March.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas noted that this is a significant volume in terms of ETFs, but &#8220;microscopic&#8221; in the context of Harvard.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">COLLEGE: Harvard and Brown have bought <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24IBIT&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$IBIT<\/a>. Harvard is pretty sizable too, the 29th biggest holder out 1,300 holders. IMO Endowments are the hardest institution to hook, they rarely bite on ETFs.. h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBlock__?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheBlock__<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M0LgfdRvnj\">pic.twitter.com\/M0LgfdRvnj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1953926486815388044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Moreover, we do not know if they are conducting larger trades or arbitrage with these assets. Meanwhile, I tell you that [American] <span data-descr=\"endowment capital of a non-profit organization\" class=\"old_tooltip\">endowments<\/span> are clearly against exchange-traded funds (too much imitation of the Yale model),&#8221; the expert added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On August 8, the segment of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a third consecutive day of inflows, adding $403 million. Nearly $360 million of this was attributed to IBIT.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfj8e-GOcNfpo5viskmtuSTw82oSedKweSjicuQShi36IDt3opyY3yyLxSULZsLIoPIp0M1ZzGEsTtcJdlm3T1yOzRWf66Uj_1dpCSKJWKEqXWjwIY8P-Z-Dmmp7jWk2HE8GfD8gg?key=Tz0ZrVuFLVO6Tf7ZEV8Xng\" alt=\"US Universities Expand Bitcoin Holdings via ETFs\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/assets\/etf\/us-btc-spot\">SoSoValue<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The net inflow for the past trading week amounted to $246 million.<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the year, corporate treasuries and funds have <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/institutional-demand-for-bitcoin-surpasses-supply-threefold\">purchased<\/a> 371,111 BTC, which is 3.75 times the volume mined by miners over the same period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the most prestigious educational institutions in the United States, including Harvard and Brown University, have reported purchasing Bitcoin through ETFs. The Harvard Management Company, which oversees Harvard&#8217;s endowment, disclosed in a quarterly report to the SEC the acquisition of shares in BlackRock&#8217;s spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) valued at $116 million. 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