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Cathie Wood's ARK Invest bought nearly 4.5 million Circle (CRCL) shares on the stablecoin issuer's first day of trading, a holding worth $373 million at the stock's closing price. The St Petersburg, California-based investment manager was quick to add the USDC issuer to its portfolio companies that provide exposure to the crypto industry along with the likes of Coinbase (COIN), Robinhood (HOOD) and Block (XYZ). Circle shares surged on the company's New York Stock Exchange debut, climbing as high as $103.75, around 50% higher than its opening price of $69. CRCL closed at $83.23 on Thursday. The IPO price was $31. ARK also offloaded a chunk of shares in other crypto companies, selling $39 million of COIN, $18.5 million of HOOD and $10.4 million of XYZ. Read More: ARK Invest Bought $9.4M Worth of eToro Shares on Trading Platform's Debut

Fart-powered humor trumped crypto gloom as fartcoin (FARTCOIN) climbed 12% in 24 hours, clawing back losses from a Pump.fun-fueled slump earlier this week after Coinbase (COIN) added the token to its listing roadmap. CoinGecko data shows that the move to $1.06 came on record-high $400 million trading volume, pushing the token into the top 100 by market cap. Coinbase's listing roadmap is a watchlist the exchange uses before activating spot trading. Although no go-live date has been set, tokens on the roadmap typically do so within weeks, and traders are betting that the same playbook will repeat. Fartcoin’s origins are as humorous as its ticker. An anonymous Solana wallet minted 1 billion FARTCOIN on Pump.fun on Oct. 18, 2024, spending just 2 sol SOL and dumping most of the stash within 30 seconds. The coin became a symbol of the absurd in some crypto circles and a light-hearted rebellion against the grim macroeconomic forecasts. It holds no intrinsic value, but enjoys a cult following — one that has translated into buying demand on several instances of market declines. It hit a high of $2.68 on Jan. 19, CoinDesk data show. Fartcoin’s platform allows users to potentially submit theme-related memes or jokes to earn tokens. It features a unique transactional system where each trade produces a digital flatulence sound. Its adherents invest in it not for the promise of utility or groundbreaking technology, but for the joy of the moment, the shared giggle over a coin whose name alone is enough to break the tension of the day.

The crypto market is getting redder by the minute as the spat between U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk intensifies. Late in the U.S. day, bitcoin BTC was down more than 4% to $100,500, threatening to dip back into five digits for the first time in a month. The CoinDesk 20 — an index of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, except for exchange coins, memecoins and stablecoins — is down more than 5% in the same period of time. SOL and SUI are notable underperformers, printing losses of more than 7%. Coinbase (COIN) lost 4.6%, Strategy (MSTR) slid 2.4% on Thursday, while a few miners including MARA Holdings (MARA), Riot Platforms (RIOT) and Core Scientific (CORZ) suffered 5% losses. Musk and Trump’s argument, initially triggered by the potential effects of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” on U.S. national debt, quickly escalated on Thursday afternoon, with the President saying that the SpaceX founder had gone “crazy” and threatening to terminate government contracts for all Musk-led companies. The world’s richest man, for his part, wrote that Trump was implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein files, stated that SpaceX would decommission its Dragon aircraft, and agreed with a social media post calling on Trump to be impeached and replaced by Vice President J.D. Vance. Tesla (TSLA) stock fell more than 14% on Thursday. Circle IPO day Crypto prices were already under pressure on Thursday amid the euphoria surrounding the IPO of stablecoin issuer Circle (CRCL). Those with memories were recalling similar excitement surrounding Coinbase's (COIN) 2021 IPO, which at the time marked an historic top for crypto markets. Circle, which went public at $31, soared to above $100 at one point Thursday before closing at $83.

Circle’s IPO today is *massive* for crypto $CRCL launch legitimizes a fully onshore stablecoin with regular closures critical for trust-building Institutions and US retail now get exposure to new crypto beta outside of Bitcoin ETFs, MSTR plays & $COIN

Circle’s IPO today is *massive* for crypto $CRCL launch legitimizes a fully onshore stablecoin with regular closures critical for trust-building Institutions and US retail now get exposure to new crypto beta outside of Bitcoin ETFs, MSTR plays & $COIN