{"id":302060,"date":"2024-05-15T03:39:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T22:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=302060"},"modified":"2024-05-15T03:39:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T22:09:33","slug":"state-of-wisconsin-unveils-163000000-in-blackrock-and-grayscale-bitcoin-etf-holdings-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/state-of-wisconsin-unveils-163000000-in-blackrock-and-grayscale-bitcoin-etf-holdings-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Wisconsin Unveils $163,000,000 in BlackRock and Grayscale Bitcoin ETF Holdings &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One US state\u00a0is revealing\u00a0large\u00a0holdings in two significant Bitcoin (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/bitcoin\/\">BTC<\/a>) trusts.<\/p>\n<p>New\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/854157\/000106299324010116\/xslForm13F_X02\/form13fInfoTable.xml\">13-F Filings<\/a>\u00a0with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reveal that The State of Wisconsin Investment Board has BTC exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings with\u00a0Blackrock\u2019s\u00a0iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and\u00a0Grayscale\u2019s\u00a0Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) totaling near $163 million.<\/p>\n<p>IBIT and GBTC are the top two Bitcoin-based ETFs by trading volume.<\/p>\n<p>The State of Wisconsin Investment Board is a state agency managing investments for public retirement and trust funds. It has diversified investments, including cryptocurrency, Coinbase, Marathon Digital, Riot Platforms, Block, Cipher Mining, Cleanspark, Microstrategy and other traditional financial vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The investment was made before March 15, 2024, which is the deadline for institutional investors to disclose their Q1 holdings.<\/p>\n<p>Says senior Bloomberg ETF analyst\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1790391049560498410\">Eric Balchunas<\/a>\u00a0of the recent revelation,<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWow, a state pension bought IBIT in first quarter. Normally\u00a0you\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0get these big fish institutions in the 13Fs for a year or so (when the ETF gets more liquidity)\u00a0but\u00a0as\u00a0we\u2019ve\u00a0seen\u00a0these are no ordinary launches. Good sign, expect more, as institutions tend to move in herds.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $61,301, down 2.5% in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Check <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/crypto-markets\/\">Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyHodl\">X<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/thedailyhodl\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Surf <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/daily-hodl-mix\">The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"hideinamp\">\n<p>&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any losses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any cryptocurrencies or digital assets, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Featured Image: Shutterstock\/Andy Chipus\/NextMarsMedia<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One US state\u00a0is revealing\u00a0large\u00a0holdings in two significant Bitcoin (BTC) trusts. New\u00a013-F Filings\u00a0with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reveal that The State of Wisconsin Investment Board has BTC exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings with\u00a0Blackrock\u2019s\u00a0iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and\u00a0Grayscale\u2019s\u00a0Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) totaling near $163 million. IBIT and GBTC are the top two Bitcoin-based ETFs by trading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-302060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302060"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302064,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302060\/revisions\/302064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}