PANews reported on May 15th that, according to newly disclosed SEC filings, as of March 31, 2026, Avenir Group held 18,276,100 shares of BlackRock's IBIT Bitcoin spot ETF, with a market value of approximately $702 million based on the quarter-end closing price, a slight decrease of approximately 0.061% compared to the fourth quarter of 2025. Avenir Group has maintained its position as the largest institutional holder of Bitcoin ETFs in Asia for eight consecutive quarters since the second quarter of 2024. Since 2026, Avenir Group has been continuously promoting the integration of TradeFi and Crypto, including a strategic investment in CoinRoutes, leading a $20 million seed round for Inference Research, and signing cooperation MOUs with Tiger Brokers, AMINA Bank, and CoinRoutes during Consensus Hong Kong 2026 to promote the construction of next-generation institutional-grade trading infrastructure.