Cathie Wood Buys Whopping $21M Worth Of Shares In This Social Commerce Company Even As ARK Continues To Dump Coinbase, GBTC – ARK Innovation ETF (ARCA:ARKK)

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Design in Design Innovation | 0 Comments

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest picked up huge chunk of shares in social commerce company Pinterest, Inc. PINS and dumped more of crypto-linked stocks on Friday, daily trade disclosure from the firm showed. Bulking Up On Pinterest: Ark, through its flagship Ark Innovation ETF ARKK, ARK Next Generation Internet ETF ARKW and Ark Fintech Innovation ETF ARKF, bought 572,445 shares of Pinterest. The purchase would have cost Ark $21.39 million, based on Pinterest’s Friday’s closing price of $37.37. Ahead of Friday’s accumulation, Pinterest was part of ARKF, with the actively-managed fund holding 534,280 Class A shares of the company, which accounted for 1.79% weighting of the index. Pinterest was ARKF’s 17th biggest holding. Pinterest shares have gained about 53% for the year amid a number of efficiency measures the company rolled out in response to the inclement economic environment. It has announced two rounds of layoffs since December 2022 and reduced office space in a bid to trim costs. In late October, the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter results as it weathered an ad spending slowdown fairly better than rivals. See Also: Best Communication Services Stocks Crypto-linked Disposals Continue: The Wood-founded firm sold more shares of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global, Inc. COIN and Grayscale Bitcoin Trust GBTC. GBTC is a digital currency investment product that makes Bitcoin BTC/USD available to individual and institutional investors. The firm’s divestments in these were as follows: Coinbase: 18,962 shares valued at $2.80 million GBTC: 12,000 units, valued at $409,200 Ark has been mostly a seller of both Coinbase and GBTC since July 11. The reduction in stake came despite the cryptocurrency market making a turn for the better amid hopes of the SEC approving a spot Bitcoin ETF. Ark’s flagship ETF, the ARRK, settled Friday’s session down 1.75% at $51.11, according to Benzinga Pro data. Read Next: Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Says Tesla’s Cybertruck A ‘Marketing Machine’ — Foresees Potential Beyond Price Tag Photo: Shutterstock © 2023 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved. Posted In: CryptocurrencyEquitiesLong IdeasNewsSocial MediaSpecialty ETFsTop StoriesTrading IdeasETFsARK InvestCathie Wood