{"id":212837,"date":"2026-08-13T18:32:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=212837"},"modified":"2026-08-13T18:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:32:49","slug":"ubs-ups-bitcoin-position-buys-more-shares-in-blackrocks-etf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=212837","title":{"rendered":"UBS Ups Bitcoin Position, Buys More Shares in BlackRock\u2019s ETF\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

UBS Ups Bitcoin Position, Buys More Shares in BlackRock\u2019s ETF\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Switzerland\u2019s largest bank has upped its exposure to Bitcoin, according to regulatory filings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

UBS bought more shares in BlackRock\u2019s iShares Bitcoin Trust<\/a>, bringing its total position to over $83 million across 2.5 million shares, according<\/a> to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bank has slowly upped its exposure to the biggest cryptocurrency by market cap since BlackRock\u2019s top fund got approved back in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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JUST IN: Switzerland’s largest bank UBS discloses owning $83.2 million of BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF pic.twitter.com\/Nq9AU4GwdX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 13, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The filings are the latest examples of traditional institutions seeking exposure to Bitcoin. ETFs like BlackRock\u2019s Bitcoin Trust \u2014 which trades as IBIT \u2014 allow investors to buy exposure to the leading cryptocurrency without having to store the digital coin directly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since the SEC approved a slew of Bitcoin funds in January 2024, major firms have been able to buy exposure to the asset via shares of the regulated vehicles that trade on stock exchanges.\u00a0<\/p>\n

BlackRock\u2019s IBIT<\/a> is the most successful crypto ETF: The fund has received more cash than any other crypto ETF and currently has $47.3 billion in assets under management.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pension funds and U.S. states have all bought exposure to Bitcoin via the ETFs, along with more traditional investments like tech stocks and other U.S. equities.<\/p>\n

The shares in IBIT aren\u2019t the only Bitcoin investment UBS has, either: the filing shows that the bank also has exposure to other premium income and other Bitcoin-related ETFs, bringing its ETF holdings in the cryptocurrency to around $90 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bank also has invested in American Bitcoin Corp., the Bitcoin mining company backed by U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s sons, Eric and Donald, Jr., with a position worth a little under $1.5 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

News dropped<\/a> earlier this year that the Swiss bank was planning to offer Bitcoin trading to a select group of private clients in the country.<\/p>\n

This post UBS Ups Bitcoin Position, Buys More Shares in BlackRock\u2019s ETF\u00a0<\/a> first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by Mathew Di Salvo<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin Magazine UBS Ups Bitcoin Position, Buys More Shares in BlackRock\u2019s ETF\u00a0 Switzerland\u2019s largest bank has upped its exposure to Bitcoin, according to regulatory filings.\u00a0 UBS bought more shares in BlackRock\u2019s iShares Bitcoin Trust, bringing its total position to over $83 million across 2.5 million shares, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":212838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=212837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/212838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=212837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=212837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=212837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}