🏦 BARCLAYS AND CITI SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THEIR BITCOIN ETF HOLDINGS IN Q3

🏦 Two major banks added more Bitcoin ETFs
Barclays increased its holdings of spot Bitcoin ETF IBIT from 2.66 million to 3.94 million shares in Q3, while Citi raised its IBIT holdings by about 50% to approximately 5.21 million shares and opened a new FBTC position worth around $119 million, according to recently released 13F filings.

📈 Institutional inflows into Bitcoin ETFs expand
Total spot Bitcoin ETF holdings among 1,389 institutions rose from $3.35 billion to $5.25 billion in Q3, with banks increasing their holdings from $107 million to $258 million. Barclays’ IBIT holdings alone rose in value from $88.5 million to approximately $187 million.

🌤️ Q3 data shows that major banks are continuing to expand their Bitcoin positions through ETFs, a signal worth watching as institutional capital enters Q4.

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