Dartmouth adds Solana staking ETF

Trustees of Dartmouth College reported a new position in Bitwise’s Solana staking ETF in a Form 13F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, adding another crypto-linked holding to the Ivy League school’s endowment portfolio. The filing for the quarter ended March 31 listed about $3.3 million in the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF, alongside roughly $3.5 million in Grayscale’s Ethereum staking ETF and about $7.7 million in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust. (sec.gov) The SEC filing showed 11 total positions valued at about $251.6 million, with the crypto-related holdings accounting for roughly $14.5 million of the disclosed portfolio. (sec.gov) Dartmouth’s endowment was about $8 billion to $9 billion in recent public reports cited by crypto news outlets covering the filing. The disclosure puts a university endowment into a U.S.-listed product built around both spot Solana exposure and staking rewards. Bitwise says BSOL is the first U.S. exchange-traded product with 100% direct exposure to Solana and that the fund aims to stake 100% of assets in-house. (sec.gov) ### Which filing disclosed the position, and who signed it? The May 14 filing was a Form 13F-HR for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, submitted by Trustees of Dartmouth College. The filing was signed by Robert Scott Frew, listed as chief financial officer, from Hanover, New Hampshire. (sec.gov) Form 13F reports cover certain U.S.-listed equity securities held by institutional investment managers and are filed after quarter-end. Dartmouth’s filing showed 11 entries and a total reported value of $251,587,520. (bitwiseinvestments.com) ### How large is Dartmouth’s crypto ETF exposure? The March 31 filing listed about $14.5 million across three crypto-linked exchange-traded products: roughly $7.7 million in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, about $3.5 million in Grayscale’s Ethereum staking ETF and about $3.3 million in Bitwise’s Solana staking ETF. (sec.gov) Those figures were reported by outlets that reviewed the filing and match the total implied by the disclosed positions. The January filing for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2025, showed Dartmouth already held BlackRock’s bitcoin fund and a Grayscale Ethereum product, according to reporting on the new disclosure. (sec.gov) The May filing added the Bitwise Solana staking ETF and reflected lower market value for the bitcoin position than in the earlier report. ### What exactly is the Bitwise Solana staking ETF? Bitwise launched the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF, ticker BSOL, on Oct. 28, 2025, on NYSE Arca. The asset manager said at launch that the fund would provide direct exposure to SOL and seek to capture staking rewards, with a 0.20% management fee and a temporary 0% fee on the first $1 billion in assets for three months. (cointelegraph.com) Bitwise said on Nov. 21, 2025, that BSOL had surpassed $500 million in assets under management in its first 18 days of trading. Chief Executive Hunter Horsley said at the time that the speed of the fund’s growth showed demand for crypto exposure paired with staking income. (cointelegraph.com) ### Which other crypto funds did Dartmouth report? BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust was Dartmouth’s largest disclosed crypto position at about $7.7 million in the March 31 filing. BlackRock says IBIT seeks to reflect generally the performance of bitcoin’s price and is structured as a trust rather than a 1940 Act fund. (bitwiseinvestments.com) Grayscale’s Ethereum staking ETF was the second-largest crypto holding at roughly $3.5 million. Grayscale says the product is solely and passively invested in ether and seeks to reflect the value of the ether held by the fund, less expenses and liabilities. (bitwiseinvestments.com) ### When will investors see the next update? June 30, 2026, is the next quarter-end that would capture any change in Dartmouth’s disclosed U.S.-listed holdings after the March 31 report. Under the SEC’s filing calendar for Form 13F managers, a report for that quarter would typically be due in mid-August. (cointelegraph.com) (sec.gov)