Dartmouth College, via the Trustees of Dartmouth College, disclosed a new position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), reporting 201,531 shares worth $10,006,014 as of Dec. 31, 2025, according to a Form 13F filed on Jan. 14. The same filing also shows a fresh allocation to the Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust, a rare double-print of BTC and ETH exposure inside an Ivy League endowment’s public equity book.
Dartmouth’s Endowment Adds Bitcoin And EthereumThe SEC filing provides the precise marks. Dartmouth’s Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust stake was listed at $4,998,833 for 178,148 shares at quarter-end, placing the combined Bitcoin and Ethereum allocations at roughly $15.0 million of reported 13F holdings.
In the context of Dartmouth’s disclosed 13F portfolio, crypto remains a slice rather than a core. The filing’s summary page lists a “Form 13F Information Table Value Total” of $393,306,686 across nine positions. On that math, IBIT represents about 2.5% of the reported book, with the Ethereum Mini position adding roughly 1.3%.
The rest of the holdings read like a traditional endowment liquid sleeve. Dartmouth’s largest position was SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust at $227,897,664, alongside sizable allocations to emerging markets (iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets at $50,043,811), a quality-factor ETF (GMO US Quality at $42,153,006), and a value ETF (Vanguard Value at $34,807,928).
Notably, neither IBIT nor the Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust appeared in Dartmouth’s prior 13F for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2025, supporting the claim that both positions were new additions heading into year-end. Notably, Dartmouth is not the first campus allocator to route crypto exposure through the ETF wrapper. Brown University disclosed a new IBIT position in its March 31, 2025 13F, 105,000 shares valued around $4.9 million, the school’s “first foray” into spot bitcoin ETF ownership that quarter.
At press time, Bitcoin traded at $96,284.
