{"id":15560,"date":"2026-08-06T17:25:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/?p=15560"},"modified":"2026-08-06T17:26:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:26:01","slug":"cathie-woods-arkk-elevates-circle-and-spacex-into-top-10-holdings-after-37m-buying-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/06\/cathie-woods-arkk-elevates-circle-and-spacex-into-top-10-holdings-after-37m-buying-spree\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathie Wood\u2019s ARKK Elevates Circle and SpaceX into Top 10 Holdings After $37M Buying Spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cathie Wood\u2019s flagship Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) has elevated stablecoin operator <a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/05\/circle-sets-sept-16-launch-for-arc-blockchain-with-wall-street-giants-as-validators-reports-q2-profit\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"Circle Sets Sept. 16 Launch for Arc Blockchain With Wall Street Giants as Validators, Reports Q2 Profit\">Circle<\/a> and aerospace developer <a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/05\/ethereum-developers-propose-supply-cuts-as-spacex-marks-down-540m-in-bitcoin\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"Ethereum Developers Propose Supply Cuts as SpaceX Marks Down $540M in Bitcoin\">SpaceX<\/a> into its ten largest positions, following a fresh round of share purchases disclosed after both companies reported second-quarter earnings.<\/p>\n<p>A Thursday holdings disclosure shows SpaceX has risen to become ARKK\u2019s fifth-largest asset, carrying a market value of nearly $282 million and representing 4.73% of the portfolio. Circle ranks eighth, with a position valued at approximately $233 million, or 3.90% of total fund assets.<\/p>\n<p>The portfolio shifts followed a multi-fund buying spree by Ark Invest across recent trading sessions. Trade filings reveal Ark acquired 181,830 SpaceX shares across four ETFs, including ARKK, for roughly $20 million based on market closing prices. The manager also bought 273,343 Circle shares across ARKK and two companion funds, totaling about $17.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Ark accumulated Circle shares while the asset traded flat following its second-quarter report. The stablecoin issuer generated $701 million in revenue and reserve income\u2014up 7% year-over-year\u2014and recorded an 8% increase in adjusted EBITDA to $143 million. Circle\u2019s core <a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/05\/circle-sets-sept-16-launch-for-arc-blockchain-with-wall-street-giants-as-validators-reports-q2-profit\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"Circle Sets Sept. 16 Launch for Arc Blockchain With Wall Street Giants as Validators, Reports Q2 Profit\">USDC<\/a> token saw active circulation rise 19% to $73.3 billion, while quarterly on-chain transaction volume surged 151% to $14.8 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Ark stepped in to buy SpaceX stock during a post-earnings pullback. Shares of the private space tech provider dropped 13.6% despite a 92% jump in quarterly revenue to $7.8 billion, as investors digested $18.4 billion in capital expenditures earmarked by executives for artificial intelligence expansion.<\/p>\n<p>The additions build on a strategic reallocation initiated in late July, when Ark trimmed equity holdings in Bitmine, Robinhood, Block, and Bullish. The manager redirected capital into core fintech and tech infrastructure positions, purchasing $43.5 million worth of <a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/05\/circle-sets-sept-16-launch-for-arc-blockchain-with-wall-street-giants-as-validators-reports-q2-profit\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"Circle Sets Sept. 16 Launch for Arc Blockchain With Wall Street Giants as Validators, Reports Q2 Profit\">Coinbase<\/a> and Circle stock alongside $14.5 million in SpaceX shares. Alongside Tesla, OpenAI, Palantir, and Coinbase, the expanded stakes consolidate Cathie Wood&#8217;s core bets on digital finance and next-generation computing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-news-box\">\n<h3 class=\"related-news-title\">Read also:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_news_list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/06\/metamask-launches-self-custodial-ai-agent-wallet-to-target-autonomous-crypto-trading\/\">MetaMask Launches Self-Custodial AI Agent Wallet to Target Autonomous Crypto Trading<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/06\/duckduckgo-sells-out-anti-tech-sunglasses-in-under-a-week-amid-privacy-backlash\/\">DuckDuckGo Sells Out Anti-Tech Sunglasses in Under a Week Amid Privacy Backlash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/08\/06\/circle-sets-sept-16-public-mainnet-date-for-arc-blockchain-as-blackrock-visa-join-validator-network\/\">Circle Sets Sept. 16 Public Mainnet Date for Arc Blockchain as BlackRock, Visa Join Validator Network<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cathie Wood\u2019s flagship Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) has elevated stablecoin operator Circle and aerospace developer SpaceX into its ten largest positions, following a fresh round of share purchases disclosed after both companies reported second-quarter earnings. A Thursday holdings disclosure shows SpaceX has risen to become ARKK\u2019s fifth-largest asset, carrying a market value of nearly $282 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[5206,18181,772,6449,44,85,3916,822,1167,1563],"class_list":["post-15560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto","tag-ark-innovation-etf","tag-arkk","tag-cathie-wood","tag-circle","tag-coinbase","tag-palantir","tag-robinhood","tag-spacex","tag-tesla","tag-usdc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15563,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15560\/revisions\/15563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}