Ark Invest Doubles Down: Drops $47M on Coinbase & BitMine After Market Plunge

Wall Street's crypto bulls are back at it—Ark Invest just deployed a $47 million lifeline into Coinbase and BitMEX parent BitMine as stocks bled. Talk about buying the dip.

Here's the play: While traditional investors panicked over the latest market tremor, Cathie Wood's crew saw a fire sale. Coinbase shares got scooped up like discounted BTC during a flash crash.

BitMine? That’s the real dark horse—a mining play wrapped in a volatility hedge. Because nothing says 'confidence' like betting on infrastructure while traders hyperventilate over Fed minutes.

Bonus cynicism: Nothing reassures skittish markets like a nine-figure gamble on two assets Wall Street still barely understands. Stay classy, institutional crypto.

Ark Invest Renews Interest In Coinbase Stock With $30-M Purchase

According to the firm’s latest trading disclosure, Ark Invest added a total of 94,678 shares (worth about $29.8 million) of Coinbase (COIN) across three of its funds, including the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK), ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW), and ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (ARKF).

Interestingly, Cathie Wood-led asset manager seized the opportunity to “buy the dip” after the price of Coinbase’s stock fell by more than 16% on Friday. The price of COIN closed at $314.69 on the day, representing one of the stock’s worst single-day performances ever.

Moreover, this strategic acquisition looks like a complete reversal of Ark Invest’s recent trend of dumping the Coinbase stocks. On Monday, July 28, ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) sold 18,204 shares of COIN (equivalent to about $7 million based on the day’s closing price of $379.49).

Ark Invest also increased its holdings of BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), acquiring 540,712 shares (worth about $17 million) across the aforementioned three funds on the same day. This purchase came on the back of BMNR’s price decline of over 8% to close at $31.68.

However, unlike Coinbase’s stock, Ark Invest has been steadily adding BitMine’s shares to its portfolio over the past few weeks. On Monday, the asset management firm bought more than $20 million worth of BNMR shares across the ARKK, ARKW, and ARKF funds.

More notably, Ark Invest increased its position in the BitMine company through an estimated $182 million stock purchase in the previous week. This increased interest from Ark Invest comes amidst BitMine’s strong rotation into Ether, becoming the largest ETH treasury firm with 625,000 tokens in holdings.

COIN Price Overview

As of the close of trading hours on Friday, the price of Coinbase stock stood at around $314.69, reflecting a 16.7% decline on the day. While the past week’s performance (almost a 20% drop) might have put a dampener on the mood of investors, it is worth noting that the COIN price is up by more than 50% in the past 3 months.

The positive performance of the Coinbase stock can be associated with the improving climate of the crypto market. Meanwhile, the COIN stock is up by 22% so far this year.