{"id":156123,"date":"2025-05-04T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/?p=156123"},"modified":"2025-05-04T02:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T23:48:46","slug":"brown-university-invests-in-bitcoin-etf-joining-growing-list-of-institutional-crypto-backers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/brown-university-invests-in-bitcoin-etf-joining-growing-list-of-institutional-crypto-backers\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown University Invests in Bitcoin ETF, Joining Growing List of Institutional Crypto Backers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The disclosure<\/a> <\/strong>came via a recent SEC filing showing that as of March 31, Brown held 105,000 shares of IBIT, BlackRock\u2019s flagship Bitcoin ETF. That fund has quickly become the dominant player in the space, with over $56 billion in assets under management. This puts Brown among a small but growing list of U.S. universities testing the waters of crypto via regulated financial products.<\/p>\n

According to VanEck\u2019s Matthew Sigel, Brown follows in the footsteps of Emory and the University of Austin, which have also revealed Bitcoin ETF holdings. The university\u2019s 13F filing shows a broader $216 million portfolio, including big-name tech stocks like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.<\/p>\n

Spot Bitcoin ETFs allow institutional and retail investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin\u2019s price movements without having to directly hold the cryptocurrency. Since launching earlier this year, these funds have been labeled some of the most successful ETF rollouts ever. IBIT in particular broke records, becoming the fastest ETF to reach $10 billion in assets.<\/p>\n