
KEY POINTS
- Wisconsin purchased over 94,500 IBIT shares worth nearly $100 million
- Crypto enthusiasts on X lauded the development and its "meaningful" impact on the crypto space
- Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas expects more institutions to follow suit
The State of Wisconsin's Investment Board (SWIB) purchased thousands of shares of BlackRock's spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) during the first quarter of the year, the state revealed in a Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).