ARK Invest has sold $39 million worth of Coinbase shares and GBTC shares since the beginning of the week

COIN rose to a 20-month high, and GBTC has added 327% since the beginning of the year

06.12.2023 - 13:57

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What’s new? Headed by Cathie Wood, investment firm ARK Invest again has sold shares of the Coinbase (COIN) crypto exchange and bitcoin trust shares of asset management firm Grayscale (GBTC), earning a combined $39,2 million. At the same time, the company bought another 9,586 shares of online broker Robinhood (HOOD) for $100,000 in addition to the $3.14 million investment in HOOD made last week.

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What else is known? On December 5, ARK sold 237 572 COIN worth $33,3 million. These securities were in the portfolios of three exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on companies in the financial technology sector. ARK sold $1,4 million worth of COIN a day earlier. Last week it realized $15 million in proceeds from the sale of exchange-traded securities.

According to TradingView, on December 4, the price of COIN was climbing to its highest since last April ($140,2). However, that mark is still 60% below the all-time high set at the peak of the bullish crypto market in November 2021.

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Also, on December 5, ARK sold $5,9 million worth of 168 127 GBTC shares from its Next Generation Internet ETF. On November 24, the company sold 94 624 securities from the same fund for $2,8 million.

The sales followed a significant reduction in the discount on the shares relative to the value of bitcoin itself. In late November, the figure fell below 10% for the first time since July 2021, when the company stopped redeeming the shares. They are now only traded on the over-the-counter (OTC) market, but their value has risen 327% since the beginning of the year.

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