Barclays reported holding about 3.94 million shares of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, as of September 30, up 48% from about 2.66 million at the end of the second quarter. The position was valued at roughly $187 million, according to a 13F filing cited by Cointelegraph.
Citigroup disclosed a new reported position in Fidelity’s spot Bitcoin ETF, FBTC, worth about $119 million. Its IBIT holding rose from about 347,000 shares at the end of the second quarter to about 521,000 shares.
Bitwise compared third-quarter filings submitted by 1,389 institutions as of the Friday preceding the report. Their combined spot Bitcoin ETF holdings rose in reported value from $3.35 billion in the second quarter to $5.25 billion. That increase should not be read entirely as new buying: the report noted that IBIT’s price rose about 41% during the third quarter. The banks’ higher reported IBIT share counts are a separate measure from the broader rise in holdings value.
Originally reported by Deep Tide TechFlow on November 11, 2026, at 20:07 (UTC+8), citing Cointelegraph.