Key Facts

  • Barclays' combined Q3 2026 Form 13F showed its stake in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust, the fund known as IBIT, grew to 3,942,900 shares, up 48% from 2,658,147 shares three months earlier.

  • The position's reported value more than doubled, to $186.7 million from $88.5 million, outpacing the share increase as Bitcoin itself rallied through the quarter.

  • The filing spans eight Barclays entities worldwide and reported $500.17 billion in combined holdings, making the IBIT stake a small fraction of the bank's total 13F assets.

Barclays' combined Q3 2026 Form 13F showed its stake in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust, the fund known as IBIT, grew to 3,942,900 shares, up 48% from 2,658,147 shares three months earlier.

The position's reported value more than doubled, to $186.7 million from $88.5 million, outpacing the share increase as Bitcoin itself rallied through the quarter.

The filing spans eight Barclays entities worldwide and reported $500.17 billion in combined holdings, making the IBIT stake a small fraction of the bank's total 13F assets.

Barclays' IBIT Stake Value More Than Doubled

The position's reported value rose faster than the share count, to $186.7 million from $88.5 million a quarter earlier.

The Filing Covers Eight Barclays Entities

The IBIT position sits inside a combined 13F that Barclays files on behalf of eight affiliated entities, including Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and units in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Ireland.

The same filing listed other crypto-linked holdings alongside IBIT. Barclays' reported stake in Strategy, the Bitcoin-holding software company, rose 13% by share count, while its Coinbase holding fell by half.

Several of the larger positions, including Coinbase and IBIT itself, also carried substantial options contracts on both the put and call side, a pattern more consistent with derivatives market-making than a directional bet. IBIT's own options book included $401.4 million in call contracts and $386.8 million in puts, each larger than the value of Barclays' outright fund shares.