Harvard University Significantly Increases Stake in BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF to $443 Million
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Harvard Management Company held 6,813,612 shares of BlackRock’s IBIT worth $442.8 million as of Sept. 30, 2025.
This represents a 257% increase from 1.9 million shares valued at approximately $116 million in Q2.
IBIT became Harvard’s largest disclosed U.S. equity position, surpassing stakes in tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon.
The university also nearly doubled its gold ETF holdings to $235 million.
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Cloudflare Outage Disrupts Major Crypto Exchanges and DeFi Interfaces
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Cloudflare’s global outage struck early December 5, 2025, causing widespread 500 errors and downtime for crypto platforms.
Centralized exchanges including Coinbase, Kraken, and Upbit were inaccessible, halting trading for users worldwide.
DeFi user interfaces for protocols like Uniswap and analytics tools such as DeFiLlama faced disruptions, though blockchains remained operational.
The incident, resolved within an hour, highlights v…
