As of September 30, Barclays held about 3.94 million shares of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, according to a 13F filing summarized by ChainCatcher on November 11, 2026, citing Cointelegraph. That was 48% above the 2.66 million shares reported at the end of the second quarter. The position was valued at about $187 million.
Share counts in the filings
The same report said Citigroup disclosed a new position in Fidelity’s spot Bitcoin ETF, FBTC, worth about $119 million. Citigroup’s IBIT holding rose from about 347,000 shares at the end of the second quarter to about 521,000 shares. The summary did not give a dollar value for Citigroup’s IBIT stake or a share count for FBTC.
Aggregate reported values
Bitwise compared 1,389 institutions that had filed third-quarter reports as of the Friday before the November 11, 2026 report. Their combined spot Bitcoin ETF holdings were valued at $5.25 billion, up from $3.35 billion in the second quarter.
What the dollar rise does not show
The report said higher holding values do not necessarily mean additional buying, noting that IBIT’s price rose about 41% in the third quarter. That price move can increase reported dollar totals even if share counts do not rise by the same proportion. It applies to the aggregate value comparison. It does not remove the reported IBIT share-count increases at Barclays and Citigroup, which are changes in quantity. The figures are a September 30 holdings snapshot relayed on November 11, 2026, not a forecast of later buying.
Source: ChainCatcher, published November 11, 2026 at 20:08 (UTC+8), citing Cointelegraph.
