Ark Invest adds 35,403 Circle shares in $2.9 million ARKW buy

The firm picked up 35,403 shares of Circle Internet Group, worth $2.9 million, through its ARKW exchange-traded fund. The purchase adds to a position Ark has been building in the USDC stablecoin issuer since the company went public.

Ark made multiple Circle buys throughout 2026. Those included a $5.5M purchase in May and a $17.3M purchase in August.

In a separate transaction, Ark bought 65,615 Circle shares valued at approximately $5.2 million. That buy came after Circle stock fell 7.1% in a single session, pushing shares down to around $79.84.

After that separate purchase, Circle made up about 4.3% of ARKW's total holdings. The position was worth roughly $67.8 million.

Circle shares, which trade on the NYSE under the ticker CRCL, have recently changed hands in the $80 to $82 range. Ark's Circle buying has not happened in isolation.