[Barclays Increases BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Holdings by 48% in Q3] According to a report by Cointelegraph on November 11th, Barclays' 13F filing shows that as of September 30th, the bank held approximately 3.94 million units of the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF (IBIT), a 48% increase from 2.66 million units at the end of the second quarter, with a holding value of approximately $187 million. Citigroup disclosed new holdings in the Fidelity Bitcoin ETF (FBTC) worth approximately $119 million, and its IBIT holdings also increased from approximately 347,000 units at the end of the second quarter to approximately 521,000 units. Bitwise, after comparing 1,389 institutions that had filed their third-quarter reports as of last Friday, found that their combined holdings of Bitcoin ETFs increased from $3.35 billion in the second quarter to $5.25 billion. The report points out that an increase in holding value does not necessarily mean new purchases; IBIT's price rose by about 41% in the third quarter.