The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected the joint effort of Ark Investment Management and 21Shares to list a spot Bitcoin ETF on the Cboe BZX Exchange. The agency dismissed another application filed by the partners in the spring of 2022. As indicated in a recent filing, the American financial regulator did not...Read More
The Founder and CEO of Ark Invest – Cathie Wood – purchased 297,000 shares of Coinbase for approximately $11.9 million. She also bought 75,000 shares of Tesla Inc. Despite the unstable condition of the crypto sector and the increasing negativity towards centralized exchanges, Wood spent almost $12 million to acquire 297,000 COIN shares. The shares...Read More
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended its final decision on whether to approve the launch of ARK 21Shares’ spot BTC ETF to January 27, 2023. The Commission stated it needs more time to consider the pros and cons of the ETF. Two More Months Ark Invest wanted to introduce a spot Bitcoin...Read More
Ark Invest – the technology-focused investment firm founded by Cathie Wood – has aped into Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) after the world-leading digital asset fund marked another record-low discount last week. Ark Investment Management bought 315,000 GBTC shares worth roughly $2.8 million on Monday for its ARK Next Generation Internet exchange-traded fund (ARKW). Ark’s purchase...Read More
Yassine Elmandjra – analyst at ARK Invest – believes bitcoin’s valuation could skyrocket beyond $1 million per coin in the following years. Earlier in 2022, a research team of the company estimated that the market capitalization of the primary cryptocurrency could reach $28.5 trillion by 2030. Bullish Prediction Despite the Bear Market Bitcoin and the...Read More
On October 03, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest announced a collaboration with Eaglebrook Advisors to offer its first crypto separately managed accounts (SMAs) to financial advisors and wealth managers. Through this joint venture, registered clients of the investment advisors will be able to use two different ARK-managed investment strategies: One focused on “Cryptoassets” and another for...Read More
Cathie Wood’s crypto investment firm ARK Invest has reportedly sold more than 1.4 million shares of Coinbase Global (COIN). As of Tuesday’s closing price, the shares amounted were worth around $75 million. Offloading Coinbase Shares According to a Bloomberg report, this is the first time that funds controlled by the investor had dumped COIN this...Read More
ARK Investment Management – a company spearheaded by fund manager Cathie Wood – will reportedly have to wait longer than expected to hear the US SEC’s decision on whether it can launch a spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). In May this year, the firm once again displayed its ambitions to introduce a product that...Read More
The recent crypto slump may have left many investors shaken in fear, as bad news like major crypto firms falling prey to liquidity crisis and exchanges drastically cutting headcounts continue occupying headlines. However, the crypto bull Cathie Wood – known for her aggressive bets on “disruptive innovation” – reiterated her confidence in digital assets in...Read More
ARK Investment Management, the firm led by prominent fund manager Cathie Wood, has filed for another spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund – ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF. The SEC has until January 24, 2023, to decide whether to approve or reject it. As per the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, ARK Invest has included...Read More
BlockchainCom Co-Founder Nicolas Cary called out Cathie Wood’s positions having been trimmed off 50% after Wood implied the crypto exchange’s valuation was unjustifiable. Last month, the company raised another round of investment led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Baillie Gifford, putting its valuation at $14 Billion, more than doubling from its prior fundraising round. “Her...Read More
American asset management company Ark Invest has sold its holdings of fintech giant PayPal and backed Bitcoin-friendly Cash App. This comes after Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, revealed her preference for Block’s (formerly Square) Cash App over PayPal’s Venmo at the 2022 North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami. Backing Cash App Wood believes Cash...Read More
A research team of the American investment management firm ARK Invest envisioned a highly optimistic future for bitcoin. According to them, the price of a single coin could surpass $1,000,000, and the asset’s market capitalization might reach $28.5 trillion by 2030. Bitcoin to Peak at Over $1 Million The Nasdaq-listed company ARK Invest, led by...Read More
Speaking to CNBC on Dec. 9, Ark CEO Cathie Wood said that crypto is a diminutive amount of institutional portfolios, and “institutions are moving in” on Bitcoin and its brethren. She asserted that cryptocurrencies are a new asset class with a “correlation very different compared to other asset classes,” and only real estate comes close....Read More
