Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala Investment Company, has raised its position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), reporting ownership of 14,721,917 shares worth $565,616,051 as of March 31, 2026, according to a 13F filing. Released today.
This represents a 16% increase from the 12,702,323 shares the fund held at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025.
This revelation extends to a continuous line of accumulation now He started In the fourth quarter of 2024, when Mubadala first disclosed that it had exposure to bitcoin worth at least $436 million. The fund added shares through a first-quarter 2025 filing that showed 8,726,972 shares worth $408.5 million, then rising to 12.7 million shares worth $630.6 million by Dec. 31, 2025 — a 46% jump in one quarter. Today’s filing adds another 2 million shares to that ledger, pushing the position past the half-billion-dollar mark for the third straight quarter.
Mubadala manages a global portfolio exceeds With assets worth $330 billion in technology, healthcare, infrastructure, private equity and public markets, its mission is focused on generating returns for the Abu Dhabi government while reducing the emirate’s dependence on oil revenues. Bitcoin, accessed through a regulated IBIT structure, has become one of the fund’s most visible public market positions.
As of Q4 2024, IBIT is Mubadala’s second-largest holding by a wide margin, trailing only its long-term stake in Arm Holdings.
Abu Dhabi Bitcoin Investments
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign accumulation does not stop at Mubadala. Al Wardah Investment Company, an entity linked to the Abu Dhabi Investment Council – which operates under the Mubadala umbrella – is also building an IBIT position, reporting 8.2 million shares worth approximately $408 million at the end of 2025. The two Abu Dhabi vehicles hold more than $1 billion in IBIT as of December 31, marking a milestone for the GCC’s sovereign participation in regulated bitcoin products.
The first quarter 2026 deposit arrives on the back of broader institutional and government interest in Bitcoin. Goldman Sachs It has been detected Nearly $2.36 billion of total cryptocurrency exposure is through IBIT and other vehicles, while Jane Street I mentioned 20.3 million shares of IBIT stock valued at $790 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025.
On the sovereign level, Texas became the first US state to purchase Bitcoin as a strategic reserve during the same period.
In the same vein, new financial disclosures displays The Trump Family Foundation has purchased shares of several bitcoin-related companies — including Coinbase, MARA Holdings, and Strategy — during the first quarter of 2026 as the administration advances a more crypto-friendly policy agenda.
The filings revealed thousands of deals with a total value ranging between $220 million and $750 million.
