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ARK Invest sold $12 cardinal successful Bitcoin ETF shares portion buying $26.6 cardinal successful Coinbase banal successful April, reacting to marketplace volatility pursuing Trump’s tariffs announcement.
Cathie Wood’s concern steadfast ARK Invest is showing a mixed absorption to the United States’ latest commercialized tariffs, offloading shares of its spot Bitcoin ETF portion expanding its presumption successful Coinbase.
ARK has acquired $26.6 cardinal of Coinbase (COIN) banal since US President Donald Trump announced caller commercialized tariffs connected April 2, according to trading information seen by Cointelegraph.
The acquisition includes a $13.2 cardinal COIN bargain connected April 7 and different $13.3 cardinal acquisition connected April 4.
Despite this bullish determination connected Coinbase, ARK simultaneously sold $12 cardinal of its ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) connected April 7. ARKB was one of the spot Bitcoin ETFs that launched successful the United States successful January 2024.
ARKW inactive offers $142 cardinal of indirect vulnerability to Bitcoin
ARK’s $12 million ARKB merchantability from its Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) fund is 1 of the largest regular ARKB income by the firm.
The latest dump follows an $8 cardinal ARKB merchantability connected March 3, different $8.6 cardinal merchantability successful February, and 2 smaller income from January, totaling $3.5 million.
Top 3 holdings successful ARK’s Next Generation Internet ETF. Source: ARK
Following the sales, ARKW continues offering indirect vulnerability to Bitcoin (BTC) done its ARK Bitcoin ETF Holdco, its largest presumption by marketplace value. As of April 8, it held $142 cardinal successful ARKB, accounting for 11% of the fund’s weight, according to ARK’s website.
Bitcoin ETFs grow bleeding connected tariffs news
The caller trades came amid a large marketplace sell-off, with BTC concisely sliding 11% to arsenic debased arsenic $74,700 pursuing the tariffs announcement, according to CoinGecko data.
Following $207 cardinal successful outflows from planetary Bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETP) past week, Bitcoin ETFs continued bleeding, starting the week with caller $109 cardinal outflows connected April 7, according to information from SoSoValue.
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In the past 3 trading days, Bitcoin ETFs shed $273 cardinal combined, according to SoSoValue.
Spot Bitcoin ETF information successful the play from April 1 to April 7. Source: SoSoValue
Despite caller selling pressure, ARK remains 1 of the fewer spot Bitcoin ETF issuers with nett affirmative flows twelvemonth to date. As of April 4, ARK had recorded $146 cardinal successful inflows for 2025, CoinShares information shows.
Other issuers with affirmative year-to-date inflows see BlackRock’s iShares, with $3.2 cardinal and ProShares, with $398 million.
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