ARK Invest $33M Coinbase Shares, $5.9M Grayscale Bitcoin Trust

  • Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest sold a total of 237,572 COIN shares across three different exchange-traded funds: ARKK, ARKW and ARKF.
  • ARK also sold 168,127 shares in digital asset investment manager Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), worth around $5.9 million. 

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest sold $33 million worth of Coinbase (COIN) stock on Tuesday after the crypto exchange’s shares touched a 19-month high on the back of bitcoin’s (BTC) latest surge, based on the day’s closing price.

ARK sold a total of 237,572 COIN shares across three different exchange-traded funds (ETFs): Innovation (ARKK), Next Generation Internet (ARKW) and Fintech Innovation (ARKF).

COIN shares rose to as high as $147.86 during the day before closing down 0.63% at $140.20.

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ARK also sold 168,127 shares in digital asset investment manager Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), worth around $5.9 million. GBTC shares closed at $35.10 on Tuesday, their highest level since December 2021.

The investment manager frequently accumulates crypto-related shares at a comparatively low price and then offloads them when they show bullish momentum. 

Bitcoin gained over 5% in the last 24 hours to near $44,000 for the first time since April 2022.

Bitcoinworld reported recently that the investment giant Ark Invest is selling Coinbase shares to buy Robinhood shares.

Source: https://bitcoinworld.co.in/ark-invest-sells-33m-of-coinbase-shares-5-9m-of-grayscale-bitcoin-trust/