Bitcoin
Two Major Hedge Funds Reveal $2.4 Billion Exposure to Spot Bitcoin ETFs
Millennium Management and Schonfeld Strategic Advisors have disclosed some of the largest cash Bitcoin ETF investments among traditional financial firms to date, according to their first-quarter 13F filings.
Millennium invested a total of $1.9 billion in spot Bitcoin ETFs, comprised of $844.2 million in BlackRock ETFs. I BITE$806.7 million in Fidelity shares FBTC$202 million in shades of gray GBTC$45.0 million at Ark’s ARKBand $44.7 million in Bitwise BITB.
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors reported a $248.0 million investment in IBIT and a $231.8 million investment in FBTC, for a total of $479 million.
Largest IBIT holders
According to data from Fintel, the two funds hold the largest IBIT and FBTC investments, with Millenium in first place in each category and Schonfeld in second. Millenium is also among the top 10 holders of each of the other Bitcoin ETF spot investments.
In addition to the significant size of each company’s investments, the disclosure represents the entry of a major hedge fund manager into Bitcoin ETFs.
Millenium had $69 billion in assets under management (AUM) at the end of 2023, while Schonfeld had $13 billion in AUM.
Filing deadline ends
Each company’s disclosure comes at the last minute, as May 15 marks the quarterly deadline for 13F filings. Numerous other companies, including Aristeia Capital, Boothbay Fund Management and Pine Ridgedisclosed major investments in IBIT and other funds earlier today.
Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley disclosed an investment in GBTC, revealing itself as one of several global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) with cash Bitcoin ETF holdings.
Days earlier, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan estimated that more than 700 professional firms would invest nearly $5 billion in total by the May 15 deadline. However, he emphasized that retail investment accounts for a large portion of Bitcoin ETF spot assets.
All 10 available spot Bitcoin ETFs have combined assets under management of $53 billion and cumulative inflows of $12 billion.
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