Rothschild Adds XRP ETF Stake in Third-Quarter Filing

Rothschild Investment disclosed a new holding in the Bitwise XRP ETF in its third-quarter 2026 report, under CUSIP 09174F107. The position sits among 3,644 holdings disclosed in Rothschild’s 13F filing, worth about $2.69 billion.

The firm’s previous quarterly filing showed no reported holding of the same fund. That absence indicates the position was added during the third quarter of 2026. The report did not disclose the stake’s dollar value and said the investment was not a significant part of the overall portfolio.

The Bitwise XRP ETF was introduced in November 2025 and is listed under ticker $XRP. It enables traditional investors to invest in the Ripple-linked cryptocurrency without buying and holding XRP tokens themselves.

The practical change for traditional investors is access through an ETF wrapper rather than direct token ownership. For Rothschild, the filing shows a listed route to a Ripple-linked asset, not a large portfolio bet; the missing dollar value leaves the scale of that commitment unclear. One firm’s new position does not establish a broad institutional shift in XRP ownership.

The crypto book remains much larger

Rothschild’s crypto exposure remained concentrated in Bitcoin products. The seven Bitcoin-related positions carried a combined reported value of about $3.51 million.

• iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, BlackRock: 40,188 shares worth about $1.9 million, the firm’s largest cryptocurrency holding.
• Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF: $911,300.
• Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust ETF: $335,160.
• Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF: $125,113.
• VanEck Bitcoin ETF: $118,100.
• Bitwise Bitcoin ETF: $116,802.
• Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund: $2,107.

Those figures show that Bitcoin exposure was distributed across several issuers and wrappers rather than concentrated in one product. BlackRock’s iShares fund led in value, followed by Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust and Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin Trust.

Outside Bitcoin, Rothschild disclosed positions in two Ethereum ETFs and three other crypto funds:

• Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF: $538,622.
• Bitwise Ethereum ETF: $476,500.
• Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF: 24,250 shares worth $615,223.
• Grayscale CoinDesk Crypto 5 ETF: $38,360.
• Solana ETF: $69,900.

The list broadens the allocation beyond a simple Bitcoin-and-ETH strategy. It combines asset-specific funds with the industry-focused Bitwise product, the Grayscale CoinDesk Crypto 5 fund and a Solana ETF. The report did not quantify the XRP position alongside them.

Public equities add another exposure route

Rothschild’s filing also listed public companies heavily involved in digital assets:

• Strategy, associated with Michael Saylor: $530,763.
• Coinbase Global: $86,681.
• Block: $125,060.
• Riot Platforms: $42,980, a Bitcoin mining company.

These stakes connect Rothschild to operating companies within the digital-asset sector rather than relying only on packaged crypto exposure. Strategy and Block were the largest listed-equity positions; Coinbase and Riot added smaller holdings.

The distinction matters for readers comparing the XRP line with the firm’s wider crypto commitment. A small ETF position can diversify access to an asset without driving the portfolio’s overall allocation. At the next quarterly reporting window, investors will see whether Rothschild keeps the position and reports a dollar value, the first practical checkpoint for judging whether the allocation has become material.