The Harvard Endowment’s Biggest Public Investment is Now Bitcoin

Gizmodo ^ | November 16, 2025 | Kyle Torpey

[Red Badger]

The endowment dramatically increased its holdings of a spot bitcoin ETF since its previous such report.

According to a new SEC filing, the Harvard University endowment’s largest publicly-traded investment is now in the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which is a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) operated by Blackrock. The filing indicates the endowment increased its holdings of IBIT from 1,906,000 shares to 6,813,612 shares since its previous such report.

At current prices, the value of those IBIT holdings sits at around $364 million. This is already down rather heavily from the roughly $443 million valuation included in the filing, as bitcoin’s price has recently been struggling and now appears stuck under the $100,000 mark. As pointed out by MacroScope on X, another notable, and perhaps related, aspect of this recent filing is the 99% increase in gold ETF SPDR Gold Shares as well.

In addition to their notable bitcoin and gold holdings, the Harvard University endowment also reported large investments in tech giants like Microsoft, Nvidia, and Alphabet (Google’s parent company).

Again, it should be noted that this SEC filing only covers the endowment’s holdings in the public markets. According to a recent report by Reuters, the total size of the Harvard University endowment sits at roughly $57 billion, with only 14% of that being held in public equities. That valuation would indicate the endowment’s holdings in IBIT represent less than 1% of its overall portfolio. However, it’s definitely possible that the endowment also has bitcoin exposure in some of its privately-held investments.

According to Forbes, Harvard has the largest endowment among all universities. Growing Trust in Bitcoin as a Store of Value

Of course, Harvard is not going out on a limb on their own in terms of their bitcoin holdings. In terms of university endowments with bitcoin exposure, there have been reports pointing to fellow Ivy leaguers Brown and Yale, in addition to many others.

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[Red Badger]

[Skwor]

Love a healthy helping of karma with my coffee in the morning 😁

[Leaning Right]

Just as a hedge, Harvard should plant tulips on all its vacant property.

Because you never know when that craze will come back.

Side note to President Trump: Take Warren Buffett’s advice. Stay far away from cryptocurrency.

[Democrat = party of treason]

Idiots

[packrat35]

Paper bitcoin and paper gold. WHY???

Why not buy the real thing instead?

[Robert A Cook PE]

And, just three stories later, over 1 trillion was suddenly lost in the bitcoin scheme market today.

[delta7]

And, just three stories later, over 1 trillion was suddenly lost in the bitcoin scheme market today.

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Just reporting the news that commonly escapes MSM. $1 trillion lost, $1 trillion in paper dollars. In these times, best to stick with “ equal weights and measures”, fads and following the “ herd” never ends well.

It is now obvious the proverbial “rug is being pulled “, pump and dump and all that.

[delta7]

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All my alarms are going off....yours should be to.

[GOPJ]

Harvard is a hedge fund with a college campus attached...