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Q2 13F: Harvard, Tudor, UBS, and Abu Dhabi are all adding BTC

Every mid-August, 13F filings are released in a concentrated burst. This year, the Bitcoin ETF space feels more like an “institutional main course” than any quarter in 2025. The batch as of June 30 has just come in: the four players represent different fund personalities, but they’re all pressing the baseline bet on BTC. Is institutional allocation logic changing? Let’s compare the four moves.

Harvard: stop reducing—implicitly bullish
After two consecutive quarters of sharp de-risking, the Harvard endowment fund paused its trims in Q2—down 21% in Q4 last year and again down 43% in Q1 this year—holding steady in Q2 with 3,044,612 shares of IBIT, about $101.4 million. Out of its $4.26 billion portfolio, IBIT ranks 11th at 2.4%. Even more notable: in the same reporting scope, it also holds $171.2 million in gold ETFs and $0 in ETH ETFs—meaning its gold exposure is 1.69x its BTC exposure. Quote from @NodeWire: “Harvard PAUSED its Bitcoin ETF selling”—it wasn’t a change in direction, but a change in timing.

Paul Tudor Jones: cut the options “caps,” lift the ETF position
Tudor Investment’s Q2 IBIT direct holdings rose +18.9% to 688,529 shares, $22.9 million—but still remain 91.4% lower than the peak at the end of 2024 (8.05 million shares). Meanwhile, it cut IBIT call options by 85.2% from 998,000 shares to 148,000 shares, while put options fell slightly by 1.4% to 715,000 shares.

UBS: step up 24x with call options
UBS, a $7 trillion asset manager, went in the opposite direction from Tudor: its IBIT call option holdings jumped 24x from 80,000 shares to 1.95 million shares, and its direct holdings rose by 12%. In other words, in Q2 UBS didn’t just hold the spot ETF longer—it amplified exposure via options leverage. This reads more like a “trading bet” than a “core allocation.”

Abu Dhabi: the heaviest in real, physical money
The two Abu Dhabi sovereign funds made their moves with the biggest weight. On Friday, Mubadala disclosed $490 million in IBIT holdings, ranking second in its U.S. portfolio; the Abu Dhabi Investment Council held $273.6 million. Together, about $764 million—@BSCNews headline “Abu Dhabi's wealth funds sat on $764M in Bitcoin through the dip.” They built positions while BTC was still at the 58,000 trough, before it turned upward—not after making new highs.

$BTC #IBIT #13F

Harvard University Endowment Fund 13F Filing Disclosure: Second-Quarter IBIT Holdings Remain Unchanged, Ending the Previously Ongoing Two-Quarter Selling Pace. In the prior Q4 period, holdings were reduced by 21%, and in Q1 there was a substantial cut of 43%. This quarter, 3,044,612 shares were kept unchanged, worth approximately $101.4 million.

A few details worth noting:

- IBIT ranks 11th within Harvard’s $4.26 billion U.S.-stock investment portfolio, accounting for 2.4%
- The size of holdings in gold-related products has already exceeded $BTC funds
- Dartmouth College also held steady; the combined value of its three crypto ETFs fell from $14.6 million to $12.4 million (mainly due to price fluctuations)
- Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala holds 14,721,917 shares of IBIT, worth about $490.1 million, making it its second-largest 13F holding

Shifting from continuous selling to pausing does not necessarily mean re-entering (rebuilding) a position. Changes in institutional activity on the $BTC ETF often serve as a window into long-term investors’ risk appetite.

#BitcoinETF#Institutional Holdings#13F

🚨 $SPACEX WHALE MAP REVEALED — ALPHABET, NVIDIA, AND A $94B POSITION 🔍

🦈 The first 13F snapshot since the Nasdaq listing just dropped, and the ownership map is wild. Alphabet sits on 551M shares worth $94.2B — the single largest reported position. Valor, FMR, Gigafund, the Saudi PIF, NVIDIA, BlackRock... nearly 1,700 entities declared exposure as of June 30th.

📉 But here's the catch — that snapshot was taken at $170.86. By August 14th, the stock closed at $140, an 18.1% haircut. Those positions are bleeding mark-to-market right now. And 13Fs only show the long side, so the short book and post-quarter trades stay buried in the dark.

💡 The real read: heavy hitters are holders, not flippers. Alphabet and Gigafund were pre-IPO investors, NVIDIA's stake came from xAI. This is conviction capital, not momentum money chasing the tape.

💬 Do you treat whale 13F disclosures as a road map — or a trap when the paper losses start stacking up? 👇

⚠️ Not financial advice. Always manage your risk. 🛡️

🏷️ #SPACEX #13F #InstitutionalHoldings #SmartMoney #SpaceStock

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🦈 $SPACEX 13F DROP: SMART MONEY SITS ON $1T, BUT PRICE DOWN 18% 💥

The second-quarter 13F filings just pulled back the curtain on institutional positioning in $SPACEX — revealing 1,697 filers with massive disclosed stakes. Alphabet leads the charge with a $94.18B position 🏦, while Valor Management, FMR, and Gigafund follow with tens of billions each. This is not retail flow; it’s pension funds, university endowments, and global asset managers locking in exposure. 📊

But here’s the structural hook: since quarter-end, shares have shed 18.1%, sliding from $170.86 to $140. That means the reported values are already stale — and the smart money's paper picture is shrinking in real time. 🔍 The real question isn’t who held; it’s who’s quietly adding on this dip. 💬 Are you tracking the next 13F cycle for accumulation signals, or treating this drop as a warning? 👇

⚠️ Not financial advice. Always manage your risk. 🛡️

🏷️ #SPACEX #13F #SmartMoney #Institutional #Stocks

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🎯 Big players are shifting positions in a major reshuffle; traditional big money is on the move

📰 Tiger Global cleared its holdings of Google, Meta, Broadcom, and Spotify in Q2, then turned around to build positions in AMD, Visa, and Reddit—tech stock allocations are undergoing a major overhaul.

💬 Even the top funds on Wall Street are making large position changes to manage risk. In crypto, are you still clinging to a single coin? Diversified allocation is the way to survive—don’t go all-in on one basket.

🏷️ #TigerGlobal #13F #美股 #资产配置 #资金流向

🦈 JPMORGAN JUST LOADED UP ON $BTC $ETH $XRP — SMART MONEY IS MOVING! 🚨

JPMorgan’s Q2 13F just flipped the script. IBIT holdings jumped to $355.7M, ETHA shares exploded 338%, and XRP positions went from zero to two separate ETF allocations. This isn’t a single bet — it’s basket-building. 🦈

Classic institutional footprint: spreading exposure across Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and even Solana’s staking ETF before a broader cycle shift. 💡 When a top-tier bank expands across multiple asset classes like this, they’re positioning for regime change, not a quick flip. 📊

Are you tracking the institutional lines or fading their accumulation? 💬

⚠️ Not financial advice. Always manage your risk. 🛡️

🏷️ #BTC #ETH #XRP #InstitutionalAdoption #13F

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📊 Major Investors De-Risking in Q1 2026

Several prominent investors made significant portfolio adjustments in the first quarter:

- Daniel Loeb (Third Point Capital): Fully exited positions in MSFT, PCG, NVDA and others. Added new positions in META and GOOGL.

- Chris Hohn (TCI): Substantially reduced Microsoft holding (reported ~$8B sale). Increased exposure to GOOGL, VISA, SPGI and others.

- Bill Ackman (Pershing Square): Sharp reduction in GOOGL. Added to MSFT and AMZN.

- Berkshire Hathaway: Trimmed portfolio from ~40 to 26 positions. Exited AMZN, UNH, DPZ; added GOOGL and new positions.

Data Source: SEC 13F filings (public records).

This reflects normal portfolio rebalancing by large investors. Always do your own research and manage risk appropriately.

What are your thoughts on these moves?

#13F #Investing #HedgeFunds #BerkshireHathaway #stockmarketnews

saw the latest coinshares 13f dump and yeah its pretty telling. professional bitcoin holdings slid from 313k to 261k btc in q1 2026, straight 17 percent drop quarter on quarter. 13f filers trimmed about 52.5k btc total with hedge funds and brokers eating 95 percent of that selloff.

hedge funds cut 39 percent while brokers went harder at 53 percent. banks looking a bit more steady by comparison though.

still stacking my $BTC through the noise ngl, $ETH and $SOL setups staying interesting too. wagmi ser.

#Bitcoin #Crypto #BTC #HedgeFunds #13F