Santander Bank has disclosed for the first time its holdings in Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, with a total holding size of approximately 7.85 million USD

According to The Defiant, Spain's Santander Bank disclosed for the first time in its 13F filing submitted to the SEC that it holds 129,615 shares of BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) (approximately $4.31 million) and 297,947 shares of iShares Ethereum Trust (approximately $3.54 million), as well as $1.51 million in iShares Gold Trust.

No Bitcoin ETF holdings were reported in previous quarterly filings. The total amount of U.S. stock holdings disclosed by the bank is approximately $16.08 billion, with crypto ETF holdings accounting for about 0.05%. It is reported that Santander's digital bank Openbank has already provided crypto trading services to retail customers in Europe.