TLDR
- Tudor Investment Corp increased its IBIT stake by 18.9% to 688,529 shares worth $22.9 million as of June 30, 2026
- The position grew from 579,083 shares held at the end of Q1 2026
- Tudor cut its call options tied to IBIT by 85.2%, while put positions fell slightly
- Jones has publicly called bitcoin the “best inflation hedge,” citing its fixed supply
- The filing came the same week Edelman Financial disclosed a $34 million Bitcoin ETF position
Paul Tudor Jones’ hedge fund has quietly added to its BlackRock Bitcoin ETF position, even as the broader portfolio stake remains far below its 2024 peak.
🚨JUST IN: Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones’ hedge fund raises its BlackRock Bitcoin ETF stake by 18.9% after a full YEAR of selling.
Tudor grew its IBIT stake to 688,529 shares per its new filing, after selling all through 2025 at Bitcoin’s $124,000 peak. pic.twitter.com/eOP9rwMHJt
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Tudor Investment Corp held 688,529 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust as of June 30, 2026. That was up 18.9% from the 579,083 shares reported at the end of March.
The stake was valued at $22.9 million at the time of filing and is worth around $24.5 million today. Tudor manages roughly $106 billion in assets, making this a small slice of a very large portfolio.
The firm filed its 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. These filings are required quarterly and show institutional holdings as of the last day of the quarter.
Call Options Cut Sharply
Along with the direct share increase, Tudor also disclosed a sharp drop in call options tied to the fund. Calls fell 85.2% to cover 148,000 underlying shares, down from 998,000 in March.
Put positions fell slightly, from 725,000 to 715,000 underlying shares. The filing does not include strike prices or expiration dates, so the options are likely used as hedging tools rather than directional bets.
Jones first disclosed 869,565 iShares Bitcoin Trust shares in mid-2024. The position then grew to 8.05 million shares worth $427 million by year-end before being cut each quarter of 2025. The current stake is still 91.4% below that late-2024 peak.
Jones Has Long Backed Bitcoin as an Inflation Hedge
Jones has been one of Wall Street’s most vocal bitcoin supporters for years. He first disclosed exposure in a May 2020 note called “The Great Monetary Inflation,” where he argued bitcoin was the “fastest horse” in a race against inflation caused by central bank money printing.
In a 2024 CNBC interview, he said he was long gold and long bitcoin, with zero fixed income. In April 2026, he called bitcoin the “best inflation hedge,” pointing to its fixed supply as a key advantage over gold.
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust remains the dominant spot bitcoin ETF in the US, holding around 49% of total spot bitcoin ETF assets. Total assets across all US spot bitcoin ETFs stood near $105 billion as of the second quarter of 2026.
The filing landed the same week Edelman Financial disclosed a $34 million bitcoin ETF position, pointing to growing interest from traditional asset managers in regulated bitcoin products.
Tudor’s next 13F filing, covering the third quarter, is due in mid-November 2026.
