The Swiss Bank disclosed that its spot bitcoin ETF holdhouse had increased to approximately $9.0 million, an increase of 230 per cent over its previous level. At the same time, the largest Swiss bank has expanded its product coverage for its wealth management clients, showing that traditional financial institutions are still promoting the deployment of encrypted assets and services.
The holding stock increased to 2.5 million shares.
According to the disclosure, the SBG increased its share of Belet iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) to approximately 2.5 million shares, corresponding to a market value of approximately $9 million. When the bank first configured Bitcoin ETF in early 2024, it held only 3,600 shares, with a value of less than $150,000.
The spokesperson for the Bank stated that the Bank recognized the role of distributed booking techniques such as block chains in digital assets. As far as this change in hold is concerned, there has been a significant increase in the Rhesus exposure to the spot bitcoin ETF.
Financial management operations synchronized
In addition to its own hold, the Bank is opening up IBIT and similar products to wealth management clients. This means that the Bank, on the one hand, has increased its allocation on its balance sheet and, on the other hand, is promoting customer-oriented distribution and transactional services.
According to the source this week, the Bank is evaluating the provision of encrypted currency transactions in Switzerland for private bank clients. At an early stage, bitcoin and Etheraf trading may be opened, with subsequent consideration of expansion to Asia-Pacific and United States markets. However, the relevant implementation programme has not yet been finalized.
Institutional silo is still expanding.
Despite the overall pressure on the encrypted market over the past year, the participation of the Agency ' s Bitcoin ETF remained high. It was reported that in the first quarter of 2026, a total of 1560 institutions held IBIT, with a combined holding value of over $27 billion.
The size of these products has grown rapidly since January 2024, when the United States approved a spot-coded currency, ETF. Currently, the United States encrypted currency ETF management assets are close to $140 billion, of which Belet's IBIT remains one of the main products.
It was also reported that some hedge funds had cut their bitcoin ETF exposure in the first quarter of 2026, but the bank as a whole was still growing. According to figures, the latest Bitcoin report was $6,3433, a drop of over 40 per cent over the past year.