Harvard University triples stake in BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF, filing shows

The Ivy League university held 6.8 million shares in BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF as of Sept. 30, 2025, and has also boosted its exposure to gold.

Harvard University boosted its investment in BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) by over 250% in the third quarter after the Ivy League school first bought into the fund earlier this year.

Harvard Management Company, the business that manages the university’s $57 billion endowment fund, reported in a regulatory filing on Friday that it held over 6.8 million shares in the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) worth $442.8 million as of Sept. 30.

The university disclosed in August that it had a position IBIT for the first time, holding around 1.9 million shares then worth $116.6 million.

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