Millennium Administration and Schonfeld Strategic Advisors disclosed a few of the largest spot Bitcoin ETF investments amongst conventional monetary companies up to now, in accordance with their 13F filings for the primary quarter.
Millennium invested a complete of $1.9 billion in spot Bitcoin ETFs, comprised of $844.2 million in BlackRock’s IBIT, $806.7 million in Constancy’s FBTC, $202 million in Grayscale’s GBTC, $45.0 million in Ark’s ARKB, and $44.7 million in Bitwise’s BITB.
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors disclosed a $248.0 million funding in IBIT and a $231.8 million funding in FBTC, totaling $479 million.
Largest IBIT holders
Based on Fintel knowledge, the 2 funds maintain the most important IBIT and FBTC investments, with Millenium first in every class and Schonfeld second. Millenium additionally ranks among the many 10 largest holders for every of the opposite spot Bitcoin ETF investments.
Along with the numerous dimension of every firm’s investments, the disclosure represents a significant hedge fund supervisor’s entry into Bitcoin ETFs.
Millenium had $69 billion in property below administration (AUM) on the finish of 2023, whereas Schonfeld had $13 billion in AUM.
Submitting deadline closes
Every firm’s disclosure comes on the final minute, as Might 15 marks the quarterly deadline for 13F filings. Quite a few different companies, together with Aristeia Capital, Boothbay Fund Administration, and Pine Ridge, disclosed giant investments in IBIT and different funds earlier in the present day.
In the meantime, Morgan Stanley disclosed an funding in GBTC, revealing itself as one in every of a number of World Systemically Essential Banks (G-SIBs) with spot Bitcoin ETF holdings.
Days earlier, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan estimated that over 700 skilled corporations would make investments almost $5 billion in complete by the Might 15 deadline. Nevertheless, he emphasised that retail funding is accountable for a big portion of spot Bitcoin ETF property.
All 10 obtainable spot Bitcoin ETFs have mixed property below administration of $53 billion and cumulative inflows of $12 billion.
