Dartmouth College Endowment Holds About $14 Million In Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana ETFs

Dartmouth College’s endowment holds approximately $14 million in cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds, according to a filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 14.

“The endowment of Dartmouth College, a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, holds approximately $14 million in cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to a filing submitted to the U”

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The SEC filing described the endowment’s largest allocation as roughly $7.7 million in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), alongside $3.5 million in the Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF and approximately $3.3 million in the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF.

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Bloomingbit reported that Dartmouth’s crypto-related investments totaled about $14.5 million after adding a $3.3 million spot Solana staking ETF position.

TradingView said Dartmouth’s trustees disclosed about $3.3 million worth of the Bitwise Solana staking exchange-traded fund (ETF), about $3.5 million worth of the Grayscale Ethereum staking ETF, and about $7.7 million of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF.

The filings also placed Dartmouth’s disclosure in the context of the SEC’s spot ETF approvals, including spot Bitcoin ETFs in January 2024 and later approvals tied to Ether and Solana.

Bloomingbit tied Dartmouth’s disclosure to market moves, saying the spot Bitcoin ETF market posted $635.2 million in net outflows in a single day.

Bloomingbit also said that on Jan. 29, more than $800 million was withdrawn, led by losses in BlackRock’s IBIT.

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Cointelegraph similarly reported that the SEC filing came shortly after ETFs tied to Bitcoin recorded $635.2 million in daily outflows, marking the largest increase since January.

Cointelegraph added that on Jan. 29 the funds lost more than $800 million, led by losses in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust.

Cointelegraph further stated that the price of Bitcoin was $81,237 at the time of publication, having risen about 2% in the previous 24 hours.

The Dartmouth disclosures were framed alongside other university moves, with Cointelegraph saying Harvard, with a reported endowment of about $57 billion in 2025, reported holdings in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust and Ethereum Trust in January.

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Cointelegraph also said the SEC first approved listings of spot ETFs tied to Bitcoin in January 2024, including BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust and the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF.

Cointelegraph reported that the regulator has since given the green light to ETFs tied to Ether, Solana, Dogecoin, XRP, and has other applications under consideration.

Bitcoin World said Dartmouth’s disclosure came amid a broader trend of U.S. universities cautiously exploring digital asset investments, and it noted Dartmouth’s endowment was valued at approximately $8 billion as of the last fiscal year.

Bloomingbit reported that Dartmouth was among the first U.S. university endowments to disclose crypto-related investments in 2025, and it said the portfolio changed from the investment holdings made public in January.