Гарвардский эндаумент инвестировал $116 млн в биткоин-ETF BlackRock

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Harvard Management Company, управляющая университетским эндаументом размером $53 млрд, раскрыла многомиллионные инвестиции в биткоин-ETF от BlackRock.

Согласно документам, поданным в SEC в пятницу, по состоянию на 30 июня Гарвард владел примерно 1,9 млн акций биткоин-ETF iShares. Эти инвестиции оценивались более чем в $116 млн, что делает их пятыми по величине в портфеле фонда после вложений в Microsoft, Amazon, Booking Holdings и Meta*.

Эндаумент Гарварда на 30 июня 2024 года составлял $53,2 млрд, что сохраняет за ним статус крупнейшего университетского фонда в США, опережая Йель, Стэнфорд и Принстон.

«Эндаумент и его распределение активов рассчитаны на периоды волатильности», — заявил Роберт Каплан, профессор практики управления в деловом администрировании имени Мартина Маршалла, в видеоролике 2017 года.

Хотя в 2025 году фонд в основном ориентировался на технологические компании, сообщалось, что Гарвард рассматривал возможность инвестиций в криптофонды еще в 2018 году. Университет Эмори стал одним из первых крупных американских эндаументов, сообщивших о вложениях в ETF цифровых активов в 2024 году, приобретя 2,7 млн акций Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust на сумму более $15 млн.

Путь от одобрения SEC до принятия университетами

В январе 2024 года SEC одобрила листинг и торговлю биткоин-ETF BlackRock и десяти других аналогичных фондов. По данным BlackRock, чистые активы фонда к четвергу выросли до более чем $86 млрд.

Во вторник SEC объявила о расширении лимита разрешенных опционных контрактов с 25 000 до 250 000 для всех ETF с опционами, включая iShares Bitcoin ETF. Эксперты ожидают, что это решение может повысить спрос на данный криптовалютный инвестиционный инструмент.

* Американская корпорация Meta Platforms и принадлежащие ей социальные сети Facebook и Instagram признаны экстремистскими и запрещены в РФ.

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