Cathie Wood, who is the CEO and chief investment officer of Ark Investment, made a prediction during an interview with Bloomberg, suggesting that Bitcoin will hit a price of $1 million by 2030.

In the conversation on Dec. 20, Cathie Wood pointed towards Bitcoin’s (BTC) fixed supply of 21 million cap as the key denominator which will drive the asset’s value. She brought to light the scarcity of BTC as more than 19.5 million BTCs have already been mined, which she says have increased the institutional investor’s hunger for the asset. 

“Bitcoin is really the first of a new asset class, and it will be the largest opportunity of them all,” Wood stated. As a result of this increasing institutional adoption and supply-demand dynamic, she argues that the likelihood of BTC reaching $1 million is now considerably higher. Referencing Ark Investment’s Big Ideas 2023 research report, Wood highlighted the asset’s inherent scarcity as a key driver of its growing demand.

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds experienced a third consecutive day of outflows on Oct. 3, pushing the total withdrawals over the period to $361.2 million.

According to data from SoSoValue, the 12 U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of $54.13 million on Thursday, Oct. 3, following the previous day’s $91.76 million withdrawal.

ARK 21Shares’ ARKB fund led the pack with $57.97 million in outflows, marking its fourth consecutive day of declines, with $212.1 million exiting the fund this week alone. Fidelity’s FBTC trailed closely with $37.21 million in outflows, despite experiencing a day of positive inflows earlier in the week.

BlackRock’s IBIT, the largest spot Bitcoin ETF by total net assets, bucked the trend by logging $35.96 million in inflows, bringing its total since launch to an impressive $21.5 billion.

Bitwise’s BITB and Invesco’s BTCO also recorded modest inflows of $2.65 million and $2.44 million, respectively. The remaining spot Bitcoin ETFs remained neutral on the day.

Total trading volume across the 12 Bitcoin ETFs saw a significant decline, dropping to $1.13 billion on October 3 from the prior day’s levels. Despite the recent outflows, these funds have collectively attracted a net inflow of $18.47 billion since their inception. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) was trading sideways at $61,213 at the time of reporting.

Spot Ether ETFs log $3.2m in outflows

The trend extended to U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs, which posted net daily outflows of $3.2 million. Grayscale’s ETHE led the outflows, with $14.69 million exiting the fund, followed by $587,090 in outflows from Fidelity’s FETH.

However, BlackRock’s Ethereum Trust ETHA counterbalanced some of the losses, registering $12.08 million in net inflows. The six remaining spot Ether ETFs remained static for the day.

Ether ETF trading volumes also fell sharply, with the nine funds recording $115.66 million in volume on Oct. 3, down from $197.82 million the day prior. Since their July launch, these ETFs have accumulated net outflows of $561.05 million. Ethereum (ETH) was trading at $2,381 at press time.

Cathie Wood’s Ark Investments recently made a fresh purchase of the Coinbase stock following the dip to $150 levels on Wednesday. Ark Invest made the most of the dip opportunity as crypto stocks slumped in the early trading hours on Wednesday following the Trump-Harris debate a day before.

Ark Invest Buys 53708 Coinbase Stock

As per the filing submitted by Ark Investments, the asset manager purchased a total of 53708 COIN stocks, worth more than $8 million, on Wednesday, September 11. The investment happened via three different Ark ETFs where the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) purchased 38,475 COIN shares.

On the other hand, the ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) purchased 9,349 COIN shares while the Ark Fintech Innovation ETF (ARKF) purchased a total of 5,884 COIN shares.

Cathie Wood and Ark Invest’s trade activity from today 9/11$ARKK
Buy: $COIN $TEM
Sell: $PLTR $TTD $VCYT pic.twitter.com/LWyBbBNmr0

— Ark Invest Daily (@ArkkDaily) September 12, 2024

Cathie Wood was one of the biggest holders of the Coinbase stock since its IPO times. However, following a massive runup in 2023, the asset manager has been offloading its COIN holdings for some profit booking, around $250 levels.

Now that the COIN stock has gone major retracement of over 40% from the highs of $265 in July, Ark Invest is exploring fresh opportunities with the latest purchase. After dropping to the $150 level in the early trading hours on Wednesday, the COIN stock closed the day at $157.15.

Last week, the COIN stock was also under some selling pressure following Judge Katherine Polk Failla siding with the regulator in the ongoing Coinbase vs SEC lawsuit.

Last week, the British banking giant Barclays upgraded the COIN stock from underweight to equal weight. The banking giant added that Coinbase can benefit from a favorable regulatory environment as both Presidential candidates adopted a supportive stance toward the digital asset industry. It also added that the approval of several spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will boost the company’s prospects.

In another development, Coinbase resumed the trading of Polygon POL token on Wednesday, after the recent migration from MATIC.

Paul Grewal Slams FDIC

Previously, the crypto exchange requested the court to release some major documents relating to the case. Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal recently criticized the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for withholding key communications.

He further cited the agency’s justification as an attempt to hide details of how it pressured banks to cut ties with crypto firms. Grewal stated that the FDIC is afraid that the communication would reveal too much about the agency.

And here’s the crux of @FDICgov’s excuse to the Court for cloaking its communications: they provide too much detail on how exactly we pressured the banks to debank crypto. https://t.co/ibCYD2biwS https://t.co/OAN8yiWzxG

— paulgrewal.eth (@iampaulgrewal) September 12, 2024

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