Bitcoin spot ETFs saw significant net inflows of $664 million on April 17, the largest in three months. BlackRock led the funds with $284 million, followed by Fidelity and ARK. Other products saw minimal contributions.

ARK Invest, led by Cathie Wood, divested shares of Circle and Bullish, totaling over $2.5 million on April 17, as reported by Ark Invest Tracker.

Gate News message: On April 8, Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest bought approximately $13 million worth of Robinhood ($HOOD) stock on April 7, continuing its “buy the dip” investment strategy.

On April 7, Bitcoin spot ETF net outflows totaled $159.4 million. The main outflow managers included Fidelity, Grayscale, Ark, VanEck, and BlackRock. The only net inflow provider was Valkyrie, with inflows of $2.32 million.

ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood says Bitcoin has entered a mature phase, and that the large drawdowns of the past may be behind us— even a future 50% pullback would be considered progress. She noted that Bitcoin has grown into a mature monetary system and asset class.

Boundless Ark recently completed two rounds of Pre-A funding, with total funding in the hundreds of millions of yuan. Its core product, EVA OS, is an AI operating system that supports a variety of hardware terminals, with efficiency far higher than traditional solutions. It has already attracted more than 2,500 enterprises to integrate.

Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment plans to include OpenAI in three exchange-traded funds, with total holdings of about $240 million, reflecting retail investors’ demand for private tech companies. This is ARK’s first time offering ordinary investors the opportunity to invest in OpenAI through an ETF.

A report released on April 1 shows that on March 30 and 31, Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $69.4 million and $114 million, respectively, ending the outflow trend. The main sources of inflows were ARK Invest and Fidelity. In the derivatives market, shorts are dominant; the funding rate remains negative, and there is a dense liquidation zone below the current Bitcoin price of $66.5k.

Gate News reports that on April 1, Ark Invest Tracker data shows that yesterday (March 31), Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest increased its holdings by purchasing 348,995 shares of OpenAI Group PBC on March 31 and 26,515 shares of CoreWeave, valued at approximately $2.05 million. OpenAI Group PBC is the operating entity of OpenAI.

Ark Invest announced on April 1 that it would include shares of OpenAI in its three funds—ARKK, ARKF, and ARKW—each holding about 3% of the shares, making it easier for retail investors to invest in the private company. Previously, Ark Invest also obtained shares of OpenAI through the ARK Venture Fund and increased its holdings multiple times.