Ark Invest sold 12,077 shares of Coinbase—valued at $2.7 million—from its Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) on Wednesday.
This marks Ark’s first sale of Coinbase shares since unloading $4.3 million worth on July 19.
Ark Invest typically ensures no single asset exceeds 10% of an ETF’s portfolio to maintain diversification.
Currently, Coinbase is the fourth-largest position in ARKW, making up 7.3% of the fund.
The ETF’s largest holdings are its own spot Bitcoin ETF (11%), Tesla (10%), and Roku (8.4%).
ARKW’s Coinbase shares are valued at $102.4 million, and the ETF has risen approximately 33% over the past year.
Coinbase’s stock closed at $224.36 on Wednesday, unchanged for the day but up nearly 30% year-to-date, though it remains 35% below its peak of $342.98 from November 2021.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has spotlighted a significant acceleration in institutional crypto adoption, driven largely by the surging popularity of exchange-traded funds and increased use of Coinbase Prime among major corporations.
The latest market turbulence, fueled by geopolitical tensions and investor fear, offered a textbook case of how sentiment swings and whale behavior shape crypto price action.
Jefferies chief market strategist David Zervos believes an upcoming power shift at the Federal Reserve could benefit U.S. equity markets.
Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered crypto custody bank, is urging its institutional clients to move away from major stablecoins like USDC, Agora USD (AUSD), and Usual USD (USD0), recommending instead a shift to the Global Dollar (USDG) — a stablecoin issued by Paxos and backed by a consortium that includes Anchorage itself.