Canada’s second-largest bank, Bank of Montreal (BMO), has disclosed positions in $XRP-focused financial vehicles. The information appears in its latest quarterly Form 13F-HR filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The new filing officially confirms the presence of $XRP within BMO’s massive investment portfolio, whose total value exceeded $303 billion at the end of June 2026. Specifically, the bank’s reportable positions include 323 shares of the Rex Osprey $XRP ETF and 20 shares of the ProShares Ultra $XRP ETF.
The bank did not purchase tokens directly on exchanges. Instead, it used regulated U.S. infrastructure in the form of spot and derivatives-based ETF products, allowing it to integrate the volatile token into a giant portfolio within a familiar legal framework and without direct custody risks.
For Canada’s banking sector, this is becoming a systemic trend. Earlier in the same reporting period, National Bank of Canada disclosed a holding of 3,848 shares in the Bitwise $XRP ETF, worth approximately $330,000.
Conservative capital has effectively developed a single playbook: entering the cryptocurrency market selectively and through transparent funds.
New force behind institutional $XRP accumulation
At the same time, 13F filings revealed a “changing of the guard” among $XRP holders. Major first-wave players led by Goldman Sachs, which held positions worth more than $150 million around the turn of 2025–2026, had reduced or fully exited them by the summer, locking in profits.
However, they were replaced by a group of midsize asset managers and family offices, including Arax Advisory Partners, Gerber, Vista Finance and Gallacher Capital.
These new investors are taking a more flexible approach, splitting capital between traditional spot funds, such as the Franklin $XRP Trust and Bitwise, and short-term leveraged instruments such as the ProShares Ultra $XRP ETF.
Because 13F filings are published with a 45-day delay, they provide only an interim snapshot. Nevertheless, BMO’s filing officially confirms that $XRP is now on another top bank’s balance sheet.
