Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala revealed that Bitcoin ETF positions elevated by 16% to $566 million within the first quarter of 2026.
In keeping with the SEC 13F submitting, as of March 31, 2026, Mr. Mubadala owned 14,721,917 shares of BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Belief, valued at $565,616,051. The fund added roughly 2 million shares in the course of the quarter, up from 12,702,323 shares on the finish of the fourth quarter of 2025.
Mr. Mubadala manages a worldwide portfolio with whole property of over $330 billion. IBIT's place makes it one in every of its most seen public market holdings, because the fund obtains Bitcoin publicity by way of a regulated ETF construction fairly than immediately custodianship of cryptocurrencies.
Abu Dhabi Fund provides 2 million IBIT shares in Q1
The mixed Abu Dhabi IBIT place of Mubadala and Al Warda Investments exceeded $1 billion on the finish of 2025, marking a milestone for GCC sovereign participation in regulated Bitcoin merchandise. Submitting within the first quarter of 2026 brings Mubadala's place above $500 million for the third consecutive quarter.
Accumulation continued all through the worth stoop. ADIC, an Abu Dhabi entity working below Mubadala, characterised the bitcoin allocation as a “long-term diversification technique,” likening bitcoin to gold and saying it expects each to play a structural function in portfolios as the worldwide economic system turns into more and more digital.
IBIT stays the dominant car within the US spot Bitcoin ETF market. BlackRock's funds recorded web inflows of $596 million in the latest reporting week, extending a six-week streak of inflows, and cumulative property now stand at $66.1 billion.
Goldman Sachs disclosed roughly $2.36 billion in whole cryptocurrency publicity by way of IBIT and different means in the identical 13F submitting cycle. Mubadala’s continued shopping for of falling Bitcoin costs displays the sovereign fund’s 10-year funding horizon.
