Intesa Sanpaolo slashes BlackRock Bitcoin ETF stake by 94% while tripling Ethereum ETF holding

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Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest banking group, cut its position in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust by 93.7% last quarter while tripling its stake in the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF, according to its latest Form 13F filing. The bank reported 40,723 IBIT shares worth $1.36 million as of June 30, down from 646,809 shares three months earlier, and its call position shrank 99.3% from an underlying 2.5 million shares to just 18,000. A new put position covering 500,000 IBIT shares also appeared, suggesting a defensive stance on Bitcoin. Meanwhile, the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust holding jumped from 116,200 shares to 349,600, worth $7.1 million, while the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF position collapsed from 2,817 shares to seven. The bank still holds 3.47 million shares of the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF worth $67.6 million, its largest crypto ETF position, and left its $14.4 million Grayscale XRP Trust position untouched. The shift adds to evidence that some institutions now favor yield-bearing Ethereum funds over Bitcoin products, with trading giant Jane Street also cutting its IBIT common stock position by 71% in the first quarter while nearly doubling its iShares Ethereum Trust stake.

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