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First Midwest Bank Trust Division Holding 29.5K Shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
First Midwest Bank Trust Division has $14 billion of assets under management and is the third-largest independent Illinois-headquartered bank.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 1:23 p.m. Published Jul 8, 2021, 7:21 p.m.
First Midwest Bank Trust Division has reported holding 29,498 shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust as of June 30, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing.
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- According to the 13F SEC filing, the Joliet, Ill.-based bank purchased one lot of 20,655 shares and another lot of 8,843 shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust.
- First Midwest Bank Trust Division has $14 billion of assets under management and provides fiduciary, investment and private banking services to individual, corporate and governmental clients. It is the third largest independent, Illinois-headquartered bank.
- Grayscale is a unit of Digital Currency Group, of which CoinDesk is an independent subsidiary.
Read more: Grayscale ‘Unlockings’ Poses Downside Risk to Bitcoin Price, JPMorgan Says
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