Coinbase (COIN) Stock Drops 13% — But Ark Invest Just Bought $18.4M

TLDR

• Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an Overweight rating and $250 price target on Coinbase after the company’s System Update event
• Coinbase unveiled new products including tokenized equities, perpetuals, options, an AI-powered advisor, and a unified liquidity system
• Ark Invest bought $18.4 million worth of Coinbase across three ETFs (ARKK, ARKW, ARKF) at a closing price of $164.92
• Coinbase stock closed Wednesday down 2.57%, extending its one-month decline to nearly 13% and sitting 62% below its 52-week high of $444.64
• Baird lowered its price target to $142 from $160, while Barclays holds an Underweight rating with a $107 target; Monness downgraded to Sell at $115

Coinbase (COIN) stock is trading around $164–$169, down roughly 31% over the past six months and sitting 62% below its 52-week high of $444.64. The crypto exchange is navigating a slower market but has kept its product pipeline moving.

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On Tuesday, Coinbase announced plans to offer tokenized stocks — blockchain-based versions of U.S. equities that users can buy, hold, and trade. The company also revealed an AI-powered trading advisor and a new unified liquidity system that connects its U.S. and international spot crypto and derivatives markets.

The announcements came as part of Coinbase’s System Update event, which drew responses from several Wall Street analysts.

Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated its Overweight rating and kept its $250 price target in place. The firm said Coinbase’s innovation engine has not slowed despite a softer crypto market, and that the competitive landscape in financial services is shifting toward app- and wallet-based ecosystems.

Cantor also pointed to blockchain technology as a lever that expands the velocity and reach of financial services products, calling Coinbase well-positioned to build on that.

Benchmark Equity Research also held its Buy rating, saying the product rollout shows Coinbase is building beyond its traditional crypto trading business.

Mixed Signals From Analysts

Not every firm came away positive. Baird cut its price target to $142 from $160, citing weak trading volumes and forecasting a 5% to 6% miss on second-quarter revenue estimates. Monness, Crespi, Hardt downgraded the stock to Sell with a $115 target, pointing to uncertainty around the CLARITY legislation. Barclays kept its Underweight rating and $107 price target.

Analyst targets now range from $107 at the low end to $400 at the high end — a pretty wide spread that reflects how divided opinion is on Coinbase right now.

Ark Invest Steps In

Despite the pressure on the stock, Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest moved in on Wednesday. The firm bought 111,799 Coinbase shares across its ARKK, ARKW, and ARKF ETFs at a closing price of $164.92, putting the total purchase at roughly $18.4 million.

Coinbase now ranks eighth in Ark’s ARKK portfolio with a 3.71% weighting, worth about $258.6 million.

In the same round of trades, Ark bought $17.2 million in Block shares while trimming roughly $29 million worth of Robinhood. Robinhood still holds a top spot in ARKK at 4.87%, worth around $339.6 million.

The Coinbase buy follows a similar move Ark made in May, when it picked up about $4.4 million in Bullish stock after five consecutive down sessions.

Coinbase also recently announced a partnership with MassPay Holdings to offer stablecoin-powered cross-border payout services, integrating MassPay’s network with Coinbase’s digital asset infrastructure.

COIN stock closed Wednesday at $164.92, down 2.57% on the day.

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