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Cathie Wood's Ark Invest Grabs More Than Half a Million Coinbase Shares as Exchange's Stock Plummets

COIN plunged after reporting disappointing first-quarter earnings on Tuesday.

By Greg Ahlstrand
AccessTimeIconMay 12, 2022 at 4:39 a.m. UTC
Updated May 11, 2023 at 6:39 p.m. UTC
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Three funds of Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management bought a combined total of 546,579 shares of Coinbase Global (COIN) on Wednesday, Ark said in its daily trading update email. Coinbase shares tumbled in post-market trading on Tuesday after the exchange reported disappointing first-quarter earnings. Shares fell 26% to $53.72 on Wednesday.

  • At Wednesday's closing price, the shares purchased by Ark were worth about $2.9 million.
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  • ARK Innovation Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), or AARK, bought 360,855 Coinbase shares, 0.252% of the fund's investments.
  • ARK Next Generation Internet ETF, or ARKW, bought 62,602 shares, making Coinbase 0.2397% of the fund's investment.
  • ARK Fintech Innovation ETF, or ARKF, bought 123,122 Coinbase shares, comprising 0.7747% of the fund's investment.

Read More: Coinbase Has No Risk of Bankruptcy, New 10-Q Disclosure Language Is SEC Requirement, CEO Armstrong Says



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Greg Ahlstrand
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