Ark Invest buys $15.6 million in Circle shares, adds BitMine and Bullish positions

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  • Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest purchased $15.56 million worth of Circle Internet Group shares across three of its ETFs on Thursday.
  • The three ETFs also bought $8.86 million worth of BitMine shares and $7.28 million worth of Bullish.

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest purchased $15.56 million worth of Circle Internet Group shares on Thursday, along with millions of dollars in BitMine and Bullish shares, across three of its exchange-traded funds.

Ark Invest's Thursday trade filing shows that the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) bought 130,595 shares of Circle, while the ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) added 38,313 Circle shares to its portfolio. The ARK Fintech innovation ETF (ARKF) also purchased 20,033 Circle shares.

The three ETFs also bought 242,347 shares of BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc., worth roughly $8.86 million, and 177,480 shares of Bullish valued at $7.28 million.

Ark’s purchases came as all three stocks fell sharply on Thursday. Circle closed down 4.59% at $82.34, according to The Block's price page. BitMine dropped 9.86% to $36.57, while Bullish fell 9.85% to $41.02.

Earlier this week, Circle reported strong third-quarter results, posting $740 million in total revenue, up 66% year-on-year. Its net income surged 202% to $214 million. USDC circulation ended the quarter at $73.7 billion, up 108% from a year earlier.

Analysts at investment bank William Blair gave Circle an "outperform" rating for its stock in a Wednesday report, saying they view the company as a clear leader in a winner-take-most market as it builds out key infrastructure, including the Circle Payments Network and Arc.

On Wednesday, Circle said it is "exploring the possibility" of launching a native token for its Arc blockchain as part of a broader push to expand onchain programmable finance. The company rolled out the Arc public testnet last month for its stablecoin-centric Layer 1 chain.


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Timmy Shen is an Asia editor for The Block. Previously, he wrote about crypto and Web3 for Forkast.News from Taiwan after spending more than three years in Beijing covering finance, entertainment business and current affairs at Caixin Global and Chinese tech at TechNode. His China-related reporting has also appeared in The Guardian. When he's not chasing headlines, you'll find him savoring hot pot and shabu shabu in a Taipei local haunt. Timmy holds an MS degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Send tips to [email protected] or get in touch on X/Telegram @timmyhmshen.

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