Anti-Bitcoin Vanguard Will Be Inadvertently 'Buying' BTC

03/27/2025 14:55
Anti-Bitcoin Vanguard Will Be Inadvertently 'Buying' BTC

Vanguard Group is the number one institutional holder of GameStop shares

Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise Invest, has noted that Vanguard Group is the top institutional holder of GameStop. 

Vanguard controls 8.76% of the company's shares, with BlackRock coming in second place with 7.79%. 

"Vanguard buying bitcoin via GameStop is amazing," Ryan Rasmussen, head of research at Bitwise Invest, quipped. 

As reported by U.Today, GameStop recently changed its investment policy, adding Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset. 

The Grapevine, Texas-headquartered retailer, is now raising a whopping $1.3 billion through a convertible note offering to fund its Bitcoin purchases, taking a page out of the playbook of Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor. 

Vanguard is, of course, known for its anti-crypto stance. The financial giant $10.4 trillion has refused to wade into Bitcoin ETFs despite BlackRock's success. 

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