$IBIT Catalyst Posts
February 17, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $IBIT Profile · Market Rankings
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49 source posts analyzed· 2026-02-17T14:14:32+00:00You'll never guess who bought the 2nd most IBIT in Q4
· 2026-02-17T21:54:47+00:00Something caught my eye in the latest 13F filings. The biggest new entrant into IBIT, from a brand new entity, is something called Laurore Ltd. No website. No press. No footprint. The only public information is that the filer's name is Zhang Hui and it's HK based. Let's double
· 2026-02-17T16:18:05+00:00BITCOIN PRICE MANIPULATION? Jane Street, the major trading firm and liquidity provider, has been accused of repeatedly pushing the Bitcoin market lower to accumulate at better prices. Now they rank as the second-largest buyer of IBIT in Q4 2025. That alone tells you a lot about
· 2026-02-17T14:38:47+00:00BREAKING: Jane Street bought 7,105,206 $IBIT shares worth $276 million in Q4 2025. It now holds 20,315,780 IBIT shares worth $790 million. This is the same entity rumoured to be behind the daily “10 AM” manipulation to push Bitcoin prices lower.
· 2026-02-17T17:00:41+00:00Very important one. In a filing today, sovereign wealth fund Mubadala reported owning 12.7 million shares of IBIT valued at $630.6 million as of December 31. That's a 46% increase from 8.7 million shares previously reported as of September 30. Filing: sec.gov/edgar/search/# …
· 2026-02-17T16:34:06+00:00Unpopular opinion: Bitcoin is no longer the asset we thought it was. In 2024-25, we saw record institutional buying (shoutout to IBIT & Strategy), yet the "euphoria" of previous cycles is missing. The math? Institutions bought billions Long-term holders sold at record
· 2026-02-17T22:24:33+00:00The market won’t let the Bitcoin treasury companies lower their average cost forever. Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, Jane Street, and others are voraciously scooping up IBIT. Follow @BTCTimescom for all the latest news.
· 2026-02-17T16:04:26+00:00BREAKING: Jane Street bought the 2nd most $IBIT (BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF) in Q4. Can the US market open selling finally stop now ?
· 2026-02-17T22:08:42+00:00I think all serious Bitcoiners should learn how to do covered calls, on IBIT or Bitcoin itself. Using the latest Monte Carlo simulation of the power law slopes indicators one can establish a reliable strike price with a 2 weeks expiration date. This strat works 97 % of the
· 2026-02-17T17:34:17+00:00#Bitcoin is being suppressed for accumulation by Jane Street - they bought the second largest $IBIT bag this year.
· 2026-02-17T14:51:54+00:00$MSTR is just 44,000 bitcoins away from surpassing $IBIT.
· 2026-02-17T18:27:03+00:00There have been persistent whispers in crypto circles about certain institutional trading desks running a very specific/shady playbook… (Jane Street included.) ICYMI: Jane Street just ranked as one of the top net buyers of BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF ($IBIT) in Q4 2025. Their
· 2026-02-17T23:33:10+00:00$436M. One position & it's only $IBIT. When I look at this, I don’t see “random fund.” I see intent. You don’t set up an offshore Ltd, file properly, and drop almost half a billion into a single ETF just to poke around. That’s a deliberate allocation. If capital can’t touch
· 2026-02-17T17:30:00+00:00Just saw some data from the 13F filings showing the $IBIT purchase figures for Q4 2025. From this chart, you can see that among the largest holders of IBIT, market makers and trading-oriented institutions account for a very high proportion. Among the top holders in the chart are
· 2026-02-17T18:48:11+00:00Jane Street owns IBIT so that it can write options, arbitrage, and everything else a quantitative trading shop does to make fast money. Markets go two ways, and the pros make money both up and down. So the question is not when Jane Street leans long, but what causes them to?
· 2026-02-17T16:07:21+00:00JANE STREET EMERGES AS IBIT’S 2ND-LARGEST NET BUYER IN Q4 Despite the heavy selling at NYSE open, Jane Street the trading firm rumored to be behind the daily “10 AM” Bitcoin price suppression just disclosed a MASSIVE Q4 accumulation of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF $IBIT. In
· 2026-02-17T16:58:35+00:00Jane Street was accused of putting pressure on Bitcoin during U.S. market openings, but being the 2nd largest buyer on IBIT in Q4 shows how the game is really played. They control the price and strengthen their position with a classic “sell low, buy low” strategy. Wonder what
· 2026-02-17T14:33:17+00:00JUST IN: UAE SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND SUBSIDIARY AL WARDA JUST BOUGHT $10,000,000 MORE #BITCOIN VIA $IBIT NATION STATES BUYING THE DIP. IT'S HERE
· 2026-02-17T04:51:10+00:00It is reported that Harvard University has sold 1.48 million shares of $IBIT (Bitcoin ETF) and spent $86.8 million to buy $ETH ETF. As the top-tier smart money from one of the world's most prestigious universities, this move must carry some deeper meaning, right?
· 2026-02-17T09:38:00+00:00gm inside week just closed on BTC IBIT got inside bar false break downs on 2D, 3D and 4D watching for either a sweep of last week's low or a reclaim of weekly open
· 2026-02-17T16:02:57+00:00INTEL: MUBADALA INVESTMENT CO PJSC, ONE OF THE SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS OF ABU DHABI, INCREASES IBIT STAKE BY 46% IN Q4 TO 12,702,323 SHARES
· 2026-02-17T16:20:48+00:00State funds are buying Bitcoin again! Mubadala and Al Warda Investment each increased their $IBIT positions in Q4 2025! Now we know who @BlackRock -CEO Larry Fink was referring to when he said that sovereign wealth funds are buying the dip!
· 2026-02-17T17:46:15+00:00JUST IN: Jane Street bought $276 million worth of $IBIT in Q4 of 2025 and increased their exposure by 54%.
· 2026-02-17T16:50:40+00:00WORLD LEADING SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS AND WALL STREET FIRM LOAD UP ON BITCOIN Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala increased its $IBIT stake by 46% in Q4 2025 to 12,702,323 shares, now worth ~$488M, per new SEC filing. That’s +3,975,351 shares vs Q3. Al Warda Investment, linked to the Abu
· 2026-02-17T18:35:20+00:00Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company disclosed a $630.6 million position in BlackRock’s spot #Bitcoin ETF ($IBIT).
· 2026-02-17T15:39:46+00:00Mubadala Investment, a sovereign wealth fund from Abu Dhabi, just reported holding 12,702,323 $IBIT shares worth more than 630 million US dollars at the end of the 4th quarter of 2025! That's 3,975,351 more $IBIT shares than at the end of the 3rd quarter of 2025!
· 2026-02-17T19:08:45+00:00UAE Soverign Wealth Fund increases $IBIT exposure by 45% to $631m Mubadala Investment Company, the Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund recent SEC 13F filings has bee filed. Mubadala increased its holdings in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ($IBIT) the leading spot Bitcoin
· 2026-02-17T15:05:47+00:00Look at those institutional $IBIT net buying in Q4 2025. Interesting that Jane Street end up as the second highest net buyer after all those heavy selling at NYSE open. What do they know about #Bitcoin? H/T @zerohedge
· 2026-02-17T20:00:14+00:00BREAKING Mubadala boosts spot BTC ETF holdings by 45%, total exposure now at $630M. Jane Street was the 2nd largest buyer of BlackRock’s $IBIT ETF in Q4 LAST YEAR. Sovereign wealth + Wall Street flow. Bitcoin isn’t retail-driven anymore.
· 2026-02-17T17:40:44+00:00JUST IN: @Harvard DROPS $87M ON $ETH, AND CUTS ITS $BTC POSITION The world's largest university endowment ($56.9B) just made its first ever Ethereum bet through @BlackRock 's ETHA fund. At the same time, it trimmed 1.48M shares of IBIT - a 21% cut. $BTC still its biggest
· 2026-02-17T18:29:33+00:00. Bitcoin video shortly. New lows coming soon. $60K wasn't the bottom. $BTC #BTC #BTCNews #Bitcoin $BTCUSD #BTCUSD #CryptoNews #BTCNews $HODL $IBIT
· 2026-02-17T19:00:02+00:00THIS IS HUGE ABU DHABI SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND MUBADALA REPORTS OWNING $630.6 MILLION OF BLACKROCK'S $IBIT
· 2026-02-17T14:59:25+00:00Oh and I grabbed small ibit 35 puts march at open
· 2026-02-17T17:15:07+00:00JUST IN: A subsidiary of the UAE sovereign wealth system just bought $10,000,000 more Bitcoin via IBIT!!! ARE NATION STATES QUIETLY BUYING EVERY DIP BEFORE THE NEXT GLOBAL SURGE?!!!
· 2026-02-17T18:28:00+00:00NEW: Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company has expanded its IBIT holdings by 46% in Q4 2025.
· 2026-02-17T22:03:14+00:00Jane Street bought 7,105,206 Blackrock Bitcoin ETF shares worth $276 million in Q4 of 2025 They hold 20,315,780 IBIT shares worth $790 million.
· 2026-02-17T19:30:00+00:00Jane Street purchased 7,105,206 $IBIT shares worth $276 million in Q4 2025. It now holds 20,315,780 IBIT shares worth $790 million.
· 2026-02-17T17:12:25+00:00JUST IN: Jane Street bought $276 million worth of $IBIT in Q4 of 2026 and increased their exposure by 54%.
· 2026-02-17T15:46:14+00:00THIS IS INSANE!!! JANE STREET BOUGHT 7,105,206 $IBIT SHARES ($276M) IN Q4. 20,315,780 TOTAL SHARES, ~$790M IN $BTC EXPOSURE. SAME ENTITY RUMORED BEHIND THE 10 AM DUMPS. COINCIDENCE… OR STRATEGY?
· 2026-02-17T15:30:02+00:00BREAKING: Jane Street bought 7,105,206 $IBIT shares worth $276 million in Q4 2025. It now holds 20,315,780 IBIT shares worth $790 million. This is the same entity rumoured to be behind the daily “10 AM” manipulation to push Bitcoin prices lower.
· 2026-02-17T20:01:13+00:00BTC fell -46% from its ATH. The market panicked. Retail sold everything. "It's going to zero" they kept repeating. Meanwhile, BlackRock holds 762,000 BTC. They haven't sold a single one. $51.8 billion on the table. 3.6% of Bitcoin's total supply. Goldman Sachs holds $1.1B in
· 2026-02-17T20:01:37+00:00BREAKING Jane Street bought the 2nd most $IBIT (BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF) in Q4.
· 2026-02-17T15:30:18+00:00BREAKING: Jane Street bought $276 million worth of $IBIT shares in Q4 2025. -They were the second highest buyer in Q4 among institutional fund managers. -They are also the alleged manipulators behind the daily 10am EST $BTC dumps traders have been seeing. Follow
· 2026-02-17T20:40:08+00:00Significant investment by the Walton family in Bitcoin Walmart acquires 4 million shares of BlackRock’s IBIT ETF, valued at USD $196 million. The move comes amid Bitcoin’s decline, currently trading at USD $67,700. Walmart advances in the integration of crypto assets
· 2026-02-17T23:15:12+00:00Abu Dhabi funds added to their Bitcoin exposure in Q4, jumping to more than $1 billion worth of IBIT at the conclusion of the year.
· 2026-02-17T14:39:54+00:00Wow, that's a significant investment by Jane Street! Exciting to see such confidence in $IBIT. It’ll be interesting to watch how this plays out in the market. Here’s to potential growth ahead! How do you think this will impact the top 25 assets by market cap?
· 2026-02-17T19:44:43+00:00JUST IN: Mubadala increases its exposure to Bitcoin by US$630.6M in IBIT Abu Dhabi's state-owned investment fund continues to expand its digital portfolio. The latest update shows that Mubadala now holds the equivalent of $630.6 million.
· 2026-02-17T15:31:40+00:00BREAKING: Jane Street bought $276M of $IBIT shares in Q4 2025, second highest institutional buyer. Allegedly behind the daily 10am EST $BTC dumps. Follow @TimWarrenTrades for updates.
· 2026-02-17T18:32:06+00:00You'll never guess who bought the 2nd most IBIT in Q4