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Ben Griffiths
Ben Griffiths
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I built this site after years of sharing the same podcasts, videos, and books with anyone who asked me about Bitcoin. This is all of it, in one place.

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Institutional &
Sovereign Adoption

The biggest financial institutions on the planet are buying Bitcoin. Not recommending it. Buying it. With billions. Here's who, how much, and what it means.

~30 min of content

The Smart Money Is Here

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) holds over 700,000 BTC with $76 billion in assets under management. It's their number one revenue source out of more than 1,400 ETFs. It surpassed their S&P 500 tracker. Read that again.

● ETF Holdings
700,000+ BTC
BlackRock IBIT — largest Bitcoin ETF. $76B AUM. $25B inflows in 2025 despite negative returns. Holds over 3% of all Bitcoin supply.
● Corporate Treasury
600,000+ BTC
Strategy (MicroStrategy) — largest corporate holder. Plus Fidelity FBTC (203K), Grayscale (184K), and growing.

Sovereign Wealth & Banking

Abu Dhabi and Norway's sovereign wealth funds now have Bitcoin exposure. The Swiss National Bank holds it indirectly through MicroStrategy. Vanguard opened their $11 trillion platform. Bank of America deployed 15,000 advisers. Goldman Sachs made a $2 billion acquisition. Brazil's largest bank allocated. This is not fringe adoption. This is institutional consensus.

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Bitcoin Treasuries
Track every public company, ETF, country, and sovereign fund holding Bitcoin. Updated in real time.

The Contrast That Matters

Your financial adviser may still tell you Bitcoin is "too risky." Meanwhile, the firm that manages their fund is buying it with both hands. The gap between what retail investors are told and what institutions are doing has never been wider.

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