Jane Street expands Bitcoin ETF holdings

Jane Street reported $990 million in Bitcoin ETFs as of June 30, 2026, with $828 million in BlackRock’s IBIT. Position equivalent to 15,394 BTC.

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Good Evening Legends! 🔥 Before my GN, today’s crypto highlights: - Bitcoin broke $65,000 and $30 million in shorts were liquidated in 60 minutes. - Citi will start holding Bitcoin for its clients later this year. - BlackRock says Bitcoin’s investment case is still intact after the roughly 50% pullback, and a 1-2% allocation can still improve risk-adjusted returns in a 60/40 portfolio. - Metaplanet launched its US Bitcoin treasury platform Superplanet, seeded with 2,100 BTC. - Publicly traded Chinese company Zhibao Technology created a Bitcoin treasury reserve of 2,380 BTC. - BTC, ETH, LINK and AVAX ETFs all recorded net inflows on August 17. - Senator Cynthia Lummis said the CLARITY Act is scheduled for a Senate vote on September 15 at 2 p.m. - Anthony Scaramucci said Bitcoin is in a bear market, but the drop is only about 55%, while past bear markets saw 75–80% declines. - South Korea’s $16+ billion Jeonbuk Bank will use Ripple for faster cross-border payments.

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🚨🇺🇸 ETF Flows – August 17 $BTC, $ETH, $LINK and $AVAX ETFs all recorded net inflows: • $BTC: +$297.56M • $ETH: +$30.85M • $LINK: +$2.07M • $AVAX: +$514.6K Institutional demand remains solid across both blue-chip and select altcoin products.🧐 #NK10 #Bitcoin #Ethereum #CryptoETFs #LINK #AVAX

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🚨 Jane Street reported $990 million in Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in its Q2 2026 Form 13F filing with the SEC. The allocation is equivalent to 15,394 $BTC, concentrating $828 million in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF. The company recorded over $40 billion in net trading revenue so far in 2026. Quantitative trading firm Jane Street reveals a nearly $1 billion position in Bitcoin ETFs, reaching an institutional holding equivalent to 15,394 $BTC during the second quarter of 2026. According to the regulatory filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the firm accumulated $990 million distributed across major spot investment vehicles. Official documentation details that the majority of the capital went into the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) fund, managed by BlackRock, with an allocated sum of $828 million. The remainder of the position was structured through holdings in instruments such as Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund and Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust. The entity does not custody the cryptocurrencies directly in digital wallets. Its exposure operates strictly through shares of regulated exchange-traded vehicles listed on U.S. markets. Portfolio Structure and Institutional Financial Balance The data disclosed in Form 13F coincides with a period of high activity for the market maker. Financial reports from Bloomberg indicate that Jane Street generated over $40 billion in net trading revenue so far in 2026, surpassing the $39.6 billion achieved throughout the entire 2025 fiscal year. 💰 Despite the overall volume, the company faced approximate losses of $15 billion during July 2026. This monthly setback stemmed from adjustments in Asian equity positions and its exposure to funds linked to artificial intelligence infrastructure. Industry analysts point out that high-frequency trading firms use these instruments to execute liquidity arbitrage between the spot market and derivatives contracts. Data from the Fintel platform shows that other institutional participants, including Susquehanna International Group, maintain parallel stakes in cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds. BlackRock’s IBIT fund exceeded $47.3 billion in assets under management by mid-August 2026. According to SEC records, state pension managers and investment firms such as Tudor Investment Corporation and Edelman Financial also reported exposure to these financial derivatives in their recent quarterly filings. The next Form 13F filing window with the SEC closes in mid-November 2026, when institutional holdings for the third quarter of the year will be updated. #janestreet

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ETF FLOWS: US SPOT CRYPTO ETFs FLOWS DATA UPDATE (17-08-2026) YESTERDAY 🟩 Bitcoin ETFs: +4,625 $BTC (+$297.56M) 🟩 Ethereum ETFs: +16,178 $ETH (+$30.85M) 🟩 CHAINLINK ETFs: +217.90K $LINK (+$2.07M) 🟩 AVAX ETFs: +81.29K $AVAX (+$514.60K) 🟩 $SOL, $XRP, $DOGE, $BNB, $DOT, $LTC, $HYPE, $HBAR Flows Was Zero. TOTAL US SPOT CRYPTO ETFs INFLOW: ≈ +$331M U.S. BITCOIN ETFs BOUGHT ~4,625 BTC Worth $297.56M 🇺🇸 BlackRock ETF Has BOUGHT 2,490 BTC for $160.23M And 13,580 ETH for $25.90M 🇺🇸 Fidelity ETF Has BOUGHT ~1,740 BTC for $111.90M And 2,240 ETH for $4.27M 🇺🇸 ARK 21Shares ETF Has BOUGHT ~220 BTC for $14.18M 🇺🇸 Morgan Stanley ETF Has BOUGHT ~175 BTC for $11.24M 🇺🇸 Bitwise ETF Has BOUGHT ~358 ETH for $681.91K Fact: U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs BOUGHT Nearly 10+ Days Mined BITCOIN Supply Yesterday.