Publicly traded companies are rapidly gathering bitcoin (BTC) reserves, buying much of the largest cryptocurrency than U.S. exchange-traded-funds (ETF) for the 3rd consecutive quarter, according to CNBC.
Corporations accrued their bitcoin holdings by astir 18% successful the 3 months ended June 30, adding astir 131,000 BTC. The ETF holdings grew 8%, oregon astir 111,000 BTC, based connected figures from Bitcoin Treasuries.net.
ETFs inactive clasp the largest stash of bitcoin among azygous entities, with implicit 1.4 cardinal BTC, which makes up astir 6.8% of bitcoin’s capped proviso of 21 million, according to CNBC.
The past clip ETFs surpassed nationalist companies successful bitcoin buying was backmost successful third-quarter 2024, earlier U.S. President Donald Trump secured reelection. In April 2025, contempt marketplace volatility from Trump’s tariff announcements, nationalist companies expanded their bitcoin holdings by 4% outpacing the 2% maturation seen among ETFs, according to CNBC.