Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Sells Another Tranche Of Block Shares, Even As Bitcoin Price Stages A Recovery

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On Wednesday, Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest made a significant move by offloading shares of Block Inc SQ amidst Bitcoin BTC/USD prices recovering.

The Block Inc Trade

The sale, worth $3.5 million, was executed through Ark's flagship ARK Innovation ETF ARKK and ARK Next Generation Internet ETF ARKW with a total of 42,608 shares sold. The value of the trade, calculated from the latest closing price of $81.46. Notably, at the time of writing, Bitcoin traded nearly 6.6% higher at $67,330.71.

Ark has sold Block shares in every trading session of the current week. On Monday, Ark sold Block shares worth $8.95 million and on Tuesday, the firm sold $7.5 million worth. For the week, including Wednesdays sale, the total stands at $19.95 million.

Notably, Wood came to the defense of Block when the short seller Hindenburg issued an adverse report against the company.

Other Key Trades:

Ark Invest bought shares of Cerus Corp CERS . The firm also bought shares of Personalis Inc PSNL .

Ark also purchased shares of Moderna Inc MRNA through its ARKK fund. Shares of Twilio Inc TWLO were sold from both the ARKK and ARKW portfolios.

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