Harvard Outpaces Google: BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Holdings Surge in Q2 2025

Wall Street’s ivory tower just flexed its crypto muscles. Harvard’s endowment—yes, the same one that churns out Nobel laureates and hedge fund managers—quietly stacked more of BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF than Alphabet did last quarter. Guess even old money knows where the alpha’s hiding these days.

The Ivy League’s crypto pivot

While Google’s parent company dipped a cautious toe into BTC exposure, Harvard went full shark mode. No ‘wait-and-see’ here—just cold, institutional-grade accumulation. The playbook? Simple: when BlackRock starts building bridges to crypto, smart money follows.

ETF arms race heats up

This isn’t your cousin’s meme coin gamble. We’re talking nine-figure positions moving through regulated vehicles—the kind of exposure that makes SEC lawyers sweat and Bitcoin maxis smirk. And Harvard? They’re not even the whale in this trade. Just another signpost on crypto’s road to ‘respectable’ asset class status.

The punchline?

Meanwhile, your average boomer financial advisor still thinks Bitcoin’s a ‘fad.’ Tell that to the endowment that’s been compounding wealth since 1636—now apparently moonlighting as a crypto accumulator. Maybe they’ve read the writing on the blockchain: adapt or become the next ‘We didn’t invest in the internet’ cautionary tale.