UAE-based Mubadala Investment Company and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council also retained their combined 22.9 million IBIT shares.
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones' Tudor Investment Corp increased its stake in Blackrock's spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) to $22.9 million, according to a newly filed 13F.
The decline in prices would not be enough to stop bitcoin adoption. This is the finding presented on August 12 by Zach Pandl, research director at Grayscale.
Technical research firm Fairlead's Katie Stockton says bitcoin is flashing a rare long-term oversold signal after its slide toward $60,000, and now argues ether's chart may have already carved out its own major low too.
As the next Bitcoin halving event continues to draw closer, Binance's founder, Changpeng Zhao, has reignited debates on the longstanding discussion about Bitcoin's scarcity.
Direct holdings of IBIT also rose 12% to 407,890 shares, while put option exposure dropped roughly 53% to 143,300 underlying shares during the quarter.
Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) Chairman Michael Saylor says Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) could become increasingly important as artificial intelligence and robotics make everyday goods cheaper and more abundant. Bitcoin Remains Preferred Aset In the “The Diary Of A CEO” interview on Aug.7 , Saylor framed Bitcoin as a form of "digital empowerment" that allows individuals, companies and even smaller countries to store economic value outside traditional financial intermediaries.
The Energy Ministry enacted the year-round restriction to mitigate power capacity shortages, as energy-intensive mining facilities continue to strain regional grids.
Calls fell 85.2% to 148,000 underlying shares, while puts slipped 1.4% to 715,000.
There was renewed institutional demand for BTC exposure in August
Bank Leumi is preparing to put bitcoin, ether and solana inside its banking platforms, an Israeli first if regulators finally sign off on the service. Israel's largest and oldest commercial bank unveiled the deal this week with Galaxy Digital Inc., the Nasdaq-listed crypto firm led by Mike Novogratz.
June 30 snapshots separate unchanged sovereign units, JPMorgan share additions, UBS options and a newly reported Morgan Stanley wrapper.