According to a new SEC filing, Harvard University Empolwerment’s largest investment is now in Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), a BITCOIN SPETE exchange-traded fund (ETF) powered by Blackrock. The filing shows that the Endowment increased its holdings of Ibit from 1,906,000 shares to 6,813,612 since the reporting date.
At current prices, the value of those IBIT professionals sits at around $364 million. This is already lower than that from the $443 million dollars included in the filing, as Bitcoin’s price has recently struggled and is now stuck below the $100,000 mark. As shown by the macroscope at x, another notable, and perhaps related, feature of this latest filling is the 99% increase in Gold Etf Spr Gold Halls as well.
Bitcoin is now the Harvard of the biggest investment capital. It is bigger than Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia and others. Check out the link below the list.
Of course the Harvard Fall Endowment is very large and includes private investments that are not well reported. But yesterday with BTC …
– Macroscope (@ macroscope17) November 15, 2025
In addition to their virtual bitcoin and Gold Holdings, the Harvard University Endowment also reported large investments in Tech Giants such as Microsoft, Nvidia, and Alphabet (Google’s parent company).
Also, it should be noted that this SEC filing only covers withdrawals from public market positions. According to a recent report by Reuters, the total size of the Harvard University Empowerment remains approximately $ 57 billion, with only 14% of that held in public equity. That designation will indicate that the Endowment’s holdings at IBIT represent less than 1% of its total portfolio. However, it is definitely possible that the power also has exposure to Bitcoin for some private investments.
According to Forbes, Harvard has the highest ranking among universities.
Increasing trust in Bitcoin as a store of value
It’s true, Harvard isn’t out of the hole alone in terms of their Bitcoin holdings. Regarding the University’s promotion of Bitcoin exposure, there have been reports pointing to other Ivy leaguers Brown and Yale, in addition to many others.
These promotion funds tend to focus on long-term, fundamental value rather than short-term sales based on short-term hype. And bitcoin’s interest in these long-term oriented currencies tends to continue to grow over time. In addition to university funds, various State pension funds everywhere from Michigan to Florida have also defined Bitcoin through Spoin etfs or Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy. Bitcoin exposure can also be found in the wealth funds of the monarchy of Abu Dhabi, Norway, and other nations.
New: 14 US states reported $632m in revenue $ MSTR Q1 exposure, on public retirement and cash flows.
A combined increase of $302m in one quarter. The average increase in holding size was 44%. pic.twitter.com/0pkm1avcpr
– Julian Fahrer (@julianfahrer) May 15, 2025
Nations, 500 companies, central banks, and other large corporations are increasingly looking at Bitcoin as a reserve asset instead of US Treasuries, gold, or other alternatives. Just a while ago, the national bank of the Czech Republic announced that its first bitcoin temple with the aim of testing the possibility of crypto assets in their overseas offices, despite the opposition of the bank’s European president Christine Lagarde.
Of course, the establishment of a strategic Bitcoin Reserve was also a campaign promise made by the current President Mengalo Donald Trump, but such a place is not for doing.
While those more closely aligned with the original Cypherpunk of Cypherpunk are increasingly concerned about the widespread use of bitcoin curtiodians in the majority of these large institutions, this type of acquisition is still unable to remove the policy of the asset under crypto. However, there seems to be a lot of work to be done when it comes to other cyperpunk values, such as payment sharing and financial privacy, as evidenced by the heavy coverage of Crypto Holys.
