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Harvard Endowment Lifts Bitcoin ETF to No. 1 Holding in Q3, Expands Gold Stake

The 13F report reflects a late‑September allocation shift toward liquid alternatives despite recent spot‑ETF outflows.

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Overview

  • Harvard reported 6,813,612 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) valued at about $442.8 million as of September 30.
  • That IBIT position rose 257% from 1.906 million shares at the end of June, making it the endowment’s largest disclosed holding.
  • Harvard also disclosed 661,391 shares of SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) worth roughly $235 million, nearly doubling its June stake.
  • The figures come from a quarterly 13F filing that provides a lagged snapshot and does not show derivatives, shorts, cash, or intra‑quarter trades.
  • Coverage notes the allocation increase occurred as spot Bitcoin ETFs were seeing sizeable outflows, with market commentators flagging the filing’s significance.