{"id":17387,"date":"2026-02-18T08:17:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/abu-dhabi-sovereign-funds-top-1b-in-bitcoin-etfs-despite-fresh-outflows\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:17:57","slug":"abu-dhabi-sovereign-funds-top-1b-in-bitcoin-etfs-despite-fresh-outflows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/abu-dhabi-sovereign-funds-top-1b-in-bitcoin-etfs-despite-fresh-outflows\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi sovereign funds top $1B in Bitcoin ETFs despite fresh outflows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Abu Dhabi-linked sovereign investors held more than $1 billion in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF exposure at the end of 2025, a milestone that comes as the broader market faces renewed outflows this week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_4500aa3b904df346632c0572bd3145d5\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abu Dhabi-linked sovereign investors held over $1.04 billion in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs at the end of 2025, according to SEC filings.<\/li>\n<li>Mubadala Investment Company and Al Warda Investments disclosed a combined 20.9 million shares in BlackRock\u2019s Bitcoin ETF.<\/li>\n<li>The milestone comes as Bitcoin ETFs recorded $104.87 million in daily net outflows, signaling short-term selling pressure despite long-term institutional positioning.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The disclosure adds to a broader wave of institutional adoption, after Italian banking giant <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/banking-giant-intesa-reveals-100m-bitcoin-etf-position\/\" target=\"_blank\">Intesa Sanpaolo revealed<\/a> nearly $100 million in Bitcoin ETF holdings in a recent U.S. regulatory filing.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abu Dhabi\u2019s billion-dollar Bitcoin ETF play<\/h2>\n<p>According to fourth-quarter Form 13F <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1704268\/000101143826000131\/xslForm13F_X02\/informationtable.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">filings<\/a> submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Mubadala Investment Company reported holding 12,702,323 shares of <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/blackrock-exec-1-crypto-allocation-could-pull-in-2t-from-asia\/\" target=\"_blank\">BlackRock\u2019s<\/a> spot Bitcoin ETF, valued at approximately $630.7 million as of Dec. 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>A separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/2075444\/000092963826000633\/xslForm13F_X02\/informationtable.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">filing <\/a>shows Al Warda Investments owned 8,218,712 shares in the same fund, worth roughly $408.1 million at year-end.<\/p>\n<p>Combined, the two <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/abu-dhabi-fund-tripled-ibitcoin-stake-before-downturn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Abu Dhabi entities<\/a> held about 20.9 million shares valued at just over $1.04 billion, underscoring continued sovereign exposure to regulated Bitcoin products offered by BlackRock.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitcoin ETF outflows resume<\/h2>\n<p>The milestone comes as Bitcoin ETFs recorded renewed selling pressure. Data from SoSoValue shows total daily net outflows of $104.87 million in the latest session. Total net assets across U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs stood at $85.52 billion, while <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/bitcoin-down-bear-market-nearing-end\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bitcoin<\/a> traded around $67,753 at the time of the writing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1782\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/media.crypto.news\/2026\/02\/image-52.webp\" alt=\"Abu Dhabi sovereign funds top $1B in Bitcoin ETFs despite fresh outflows - 1\" class=\"wp-image-14450750\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bitcoin ETF flows | Source: SoSoValue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recent flow data shows volatility across late January and February, with several large redemptions interspersed with brief inflow spikes. Despite the short-term outflows, Abu Dhabi\u2019s year-end filings suggest a longer-term allocation strategy rather than tactical trading.<\/p>\n<p>The 13F disclosures reflect positions as of Dec. 31 and do not capture activity in early 2026. However, the scale of the holdings highlights how major state-backed investors remain positioned in U.S.-listed Bitcoin ETFs even as market <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/bitcoin-price-prediction-as-key-metric-drops\/\" target=\"_blank\">sentiment fluctuates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/abu-dhabi-sovereign-funds-top-1b-in-bitcoin-etfs\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abu Dhabi-linked sovereign investors held more than $1 billion in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF exposure at the end of 2025, a milestone that comes as the broader market faces renewed outflows this week. Summary Abu Dhabi-linked sovereign investors held over $1.04 billion in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs at the end of 2025, according to SEC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"kronos_expire_date":[],"class_list":["post-17387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17387"},{"taxonomy":"kronos_expire_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kronos_expire_date?post=17387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}