JPMorgan’s Latest Crypto Filing Has One Move That Stands Out

By Isaac • August 14, 2026 5:10 pm •

JPMorgan’s latest securities filing shows that its reported crypto-fund exposure kept expanding in the second quarter. The most eye-catching change was not the bank’s larger Bitcoin position.

Cointelegraph reports that JPMorgan’s disclosed position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust grew by roughly 25% during the quarter, rising from about 8.3 million shares to 10.4 million shares. The filing assigned that IBIT position a reported value of approximately $356 million as of June 30.

Ether was where the percentage move became much harder to miss. JPMorgan’s reported position in BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust climbed from roughly 267,000 shares to about 1.17 million shares — more than four times the first-quarter figure.

The same filing also listed small positions