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The post Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Raises Bitcoin ETF Stake 16% To $566 Million In Q1 2026 appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company has raised its position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), reporting ownership of 14,721,917 shares valued at $565,616,051 as of March 31, 2026, according to a 13F filing released today.  That marks a 16% increase from the 12,702,323 shares the fund held at the end of Q4 2025. The disclosure extends a now-unbroken accumulation streak that began in Q4 2024, when Mubadala first disclosed bitcoin exposure worth at least $436 million. The fund added shares through a Q1 2025 filing that showed 8,726,972 shares at $408.5 million, then surged to 12.7 million shares worth $630.6 million by December 31, 2025 — a 46% jump in a single quarter. Today’s filing adds another 2 million shares to that ledger, pushing the position past the half-billion dollar mark for the third straight quarter. Mubadala manages

The post Gemini Revenue Jumps 42% With Credit Cards and New Licenses appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Crypto company Gemini reported a 42% year-on-year increase in revenue in Q1 2026 as it continued its growth from a pure crypto exchange into a financial services company. Total revenue for the Winklevoss twins’ company grew 42% year-on-year to $50.3 million in the first quarter, while transaction revenue remained stable at $24 million, the company reported Thursday. However, its crypto exchange revenue decreased 27% year-on-year to $17.2 million, “reflecting lower spot trading activity and a moderation in crypto market volumes,” while total trading volume declined to $6.3 billion from $13.5 billion in Q1 2025.  The biggest increase was in credit card revenue, which surged nearly 300% to $14.7 million, driven by significant growth in the Gemini Credit Card user base, the company said.  The expansion from crypto into broader financial services began in early 2021, when the company an

The post JPMorgan Increases Bitcoin ETF Stake by 174% in Q1 2026 appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Joerg Hiller May 14, 2026 11:41 JPMorgan raised its BlackRock IBIT holdings to 8.3M shares in Q1 2026, signaling growing institutional comfort with Bitcoin ETFs despite a 22% BTC price drop. JPMorgan Chase made a bold move into Bitcoin ETFs during Q1 2026, increasing its stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) by 174%, according to its latest 13F filing. The bank boosted its holdings from 3 million shares in Q4 2025 to 8.3 million shares, representing an added value of $162 million. This brings JPMorgan’s total IBIT stake to $318.9 million as of March 31, 2026. This aggressive accumulation came during a challenging quarter for Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency dropped by over 22% in Q1, closing the period at $79,318, according to CoinGlass. Spot Bitcoin ETFs also saw net outflows, reflecting broader market caution. However, JPMorgan’s significant increase in holdi

MOEX's 24/7 crypto trading initiative could enhance Russia's digital asset market, challenging global platforms and influencing regulatory dynamics. The post Moscow Exchange eyes 24/7 crypto trading in push to rival foreign platforms appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala disclosed a 16% increase in its Bitcoin ETF position to $566 million in Q1 2026. The SEC 13F filing shows Mubadala held 14,721,917 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust valued at $565,616,051 as of March 31, 2026.…

Public Bitcoin miners spent years racing to add more hashrate to the network. In the first quarter of 2026, many of them did the opposite. This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute, infrastructure, and data analysis from The Energy Mag. The original […]

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The post Trump Logs 3,642 Stock Trades in Q1, Breaking Decades of Blind Trust Norms appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. President Donald Trump logged 3,642 stock trades during Q1 2026, according to a 113-page OGE Form 278-T disclosure released this week. The filing reveals a sharp pivot away from the bond-heavy posture seen in earlier 2026 reports. The volume averages roughly 60 trades per session. That pace breaks with a near-unbroken stretch of blind-trust arrangements stretching back to Lyndon B. Johnson. A Break From Decades of Blind-Trust Practice Most U.S. presidents since Johnson placed personal holdings into qualified blind trusts to limit conflicts. Jimmy Carter went further and liquidated his peanut farm. Barack Obama held Treasury notes and index funds. Joe Biden used a blind-trust arrangement during his term. The current filing covers 113 pages. It lists individual purchases of Nvidia (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), Broadcom (AVGO), Amazon (AMZN), and Apple (AAPL). Each fell in