Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management on Wednesday loaded up more shares in Coinbase (NASDAQ:) Global Inc. (: COIN) — a cryptocurrency exchange that enables its users to trade in cryptocurrencies including (CRYPTO: BTC), (CRYPTO: ETH) and (CRYPTO: DOGE).
What Happened: The popular money manager bought 47,464 shares of Coinbase, estimated to be worth $8.2 million, for the ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (NYSE: ARKW).
Ark Invest has $943.87 million worth of Coinbase shares across all its ETFs as of Wednesday. The COIN stock is the third-largest investment for Ark across all its funds.
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Why It Matters: Ark Invest has been steadily raising its exposure in cryptocurrency-linked fintech stocks including Coinbase, Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:) and Jack Dorsey-led Block Inc. (NYSE: SQ).
Coinbase’s stock extended losses to a fifth straight day on Wednesday. The stock is down 31.6% year-to-date.
The company recently said it plans to add about 2,000 employees this year as it sees “enormous product opportunities” ahead for the future of Web 3.0 technologies.
Price Action: Coinbase shares closed 2.3% lower in Wednesday’s trading at $172.74 and further fell almost 1.5% in the after-hours session to $170.20.
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