Barclays held about 3.94 million shares of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, as of September 30, up 48% from 2.66 million at the end of the second quarter. The position was worth approximately $187 million, according to a 13F filing cited by Cointelegraph and reported by ChainCatcher.
Citi disclosed a new position in Fidelity’s spot Bitcoin ETF, FBTC, worth about $119 million. Its IBIT holdings rose from approximately 347,000 shares at the end of the second quarter to about 521,000 shares.
Bitwise compared 1,389 institutions that had filed third-quarter reports by the Friday preceding the original report. Their combined spot Bitcoin ETF holdings were valued at $5.25 billion, versus $3.35 billion in the second quarter.
The valuation distinction: Barclays’ and Citi’s IBIT share counts show increased holdings. The rise in the institutions’ aggregate dollar value does not, by itself, measure net buying: the report noted that IBIT’s price rose about 41% during the third quarter.
Original report: ChainCatcher, published November 11, 2026, at 20:08 (UTC+8).