{"id":14257,"date":"2025-10-24T13:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/robinhood-stock-price-jumps-6-as-cathie-woods-ark-invest-increases-holdings\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:01:09","slug":"robinhood-stock-price-jumps-6-as-cathie-woods-ark-invest-increases-holdings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/robinhood-stock-price-jumps-6-as-cathie-woods-ark-invest-increases-holdings\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinhood stock price jumps 6% as Cathie Wood\u2019s Ark Invest increases holdings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood has snapped up $21.3 million in Robinhood shares, sending the stock up 6%.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_2b79e46261839af7221cbd1f6a1d0c56\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ark purchased 131,049 shares of Robinhood through ARKK and 36,440 shares through ARKW, making the stock nearly 19% of both ETFs\u2019 holdings.<\/li>\n<li>The move follows Ark\u2019s recent crypto-focused initiatives, including filings for Bitcoin ETFs and continued exposure to Coinbase, Bullish, and BitMine, with Coinbase remaining the largest crypto-related holding.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ark Invest boosts Robinhood stake as platform expands crypto footprint<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Robinhood shares <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/HOOD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">jumped<\/a> 5.6% in Wednesday\u2019s trading, and are up further in pre-market following Ark Invest\u2019s recent purchase of the company\u2019s stock across two flagship ETFs.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ark Invest\u2019s daily trade disclosure on October 22, the firm purchased $21.3 million worth of HOOD shares across two of its flagship ETFs. The Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) acquired 131,049 shares, while the Ark Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) added 36,440 shares, making Robinhood nearly 19% of both funds\u2019 holdings.<\/p>\n<p>The bet comes as Robinhood, originally a retail-trading platform, is expanding aggressively into crypto. In 2025, the company acquired WonderFi to strengthen its Canadian footprint and Bitstamp to gain global licensing and access to institutional order books. It\u2019s also developing a Layer-2 blockchain on Arbitrum (ARB) and recently added BNB trading.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>The Robinhood stock purchase comes on the heels of Ark Invest\u2019s two other recent crypto-related initiatives, namely filings for new Bitcoin ETFs\u2014the Bitcoin Yield ETF and ARK DIET Bitcoin 1 and 2 ETFs\u2014designed to offer yield and downside protection for institutional investors.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond those ETF filings and the latest Robinhood investment, Ark Invest has steadily increased exposure to crypto-adjacent companies including Coinbase, Bullish, and BitMine. Among these, Coinbase remains <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cathiesark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ark\u2019s largest crypto-related position<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood has snapped up $21.3 million in Robinhood shares, sending the stock up 6%. Summary Ark purchased 131,049 shares of Robinhood through ARKK and 36,440 shares&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14258,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14257\/revisions\/14258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}