{"id":47731,"date":"2021-08-16T10:09:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T07:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=47731"},"modified":"2025-09-01T22:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T19:49:56","slug":"institutional-investors-boost-exposure-to-grayscale-bitcoin-investment-trust-gbtc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/institutional-investors-boost-exposure-to-grayscale-bitcoin-investment-trust-gbtc\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional investors boost exposure to Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Four American asset-management firms purchased shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC), according to data from MacroScope&#8217;s Twitter channel.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The firms reported the purchases in filings for the period ended June 30, 2021. Clear Perspective Advisors of Illinois disclosed direct ownership of 7,790 GBTC shares.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">In an SEC filing today, Clear Perspective Advisors, a wealth management firm in Aurora, Illinois, reported owning 7,790 shares of Grayscale Bitcoin as of June 30.<\/p>\n<p>Filing:<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/PT21czzjvO\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/PT21czzjvO<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/WZ7RYk1RBp\\\">pic.twitter.com\/WZ7RYk1RBp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MacroScope (@MacroScope17) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacroScope17\/status\/1426314689856868354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Based in Ohio, Ancora Advisors, with assets under management of $9.4 billion, disclosed the purchase of 13,945 shares of the Grayscale Invesments Bitcoin Fund.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">BTC institutional watch:<\/p>\n<p>In a filing today, Ancora Advisors, based in Cleveland, reported 13,945 shares of Grayscale BTC as of June 30.<\/p>\n<p>Tiny position for a big firm, but Ancora is a smart long-term shop. Worth watching in coming quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Filing:<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/QLtEbMq3Gd\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/QLtEbMq3Gd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MacroScope (@MacroScope17) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacroScope17\/status\/1426288419819425792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cA tiny position for a big firm, but Ancora is a sensible long-term investment. Worth watching in the coming quarters,\u201d MacroScope commented on the holdings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Boston Private Wealth, a unit of SVB&#8217;s private bank (market cap $33 billion), as of March 31 owned 88,189 shares of the fund. In the latest filing, the firm said it owned 103,469 GBTC shares.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">BTC institutional watch:<\/p>\n<p>In an SEC filing today, Boston Private Wealth reported owning 103,469 shares of Grayscale Bitcoin as of June 30.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, it reported 88,189 shares as of end-March.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Private is part of SVB Financial Group (Nasdaq: SIVB), parent of Silicon\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MacroScope (@MacroScope17) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacroScope17\/status\/1426203621218267138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Parkwood, a Cleveland-based private investment firm, during this period increased its stake in the Grayscale Bitcoin Fund from 93,000 to 125,000 shares.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">BTC institutional watch:<\/p>\n<p>In a SEC filing today, Parkwood, a Cleveland-based private investment firm, reported owning 125,000 shares of Grayscale Bitcoin as of June 30.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, it reported 93,000 shares as of end-March.<\/p>\n<p>Filing:<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/1otANtMCnJ\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/1otANtMCnJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MacroScope (@MacroScope17) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacroScope17\/status\/1426207659032776709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Wealthfront, with $25 billion in assets, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/robo-adviser-wealthfront-with-25-billion-in-assets-opens-client-access-to-grayscale-funds\">opened access for clients<\/a> to Grayscale&#8217;s crypto funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four American asset-management firms purchased shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC), according to MacroScope&#8217;s Twitter data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[943,1156,26],"class_list":["post-47731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-grayscale-investments","tag-institutional-investors-and-whales","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"127","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47733,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47731\/revisions\/47733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}