Key Insights
- •Ark Invest bought 167,489 Robinhood stock across two ETFs on October 22, 2025.
- •Robinhood’s recent crypto expansion includes buying WonderFi and Bitstamp.
- •The platform now supports BNB trading, adding to its growing list of crypto assets.
Cathie Wood’s Latest Move on Robinhood
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest has once again added to its stake in Robinhood Markets (HOOD). The firm bought a total of 167,489 shares on October 22, 2025. This was shown in Ark’s daily trading report for its exchange-traded funds.
The Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) picked up 131,049 shares, while the Ark Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) bought 36,440 shares.
On the same day, Ark sold shares of Shopify, Roku, Roblox, Palantir Technologies, and Advanced Micro Devices. Still, Ark Invest has been increasing its interest in companies linked to digital assets. Robinhood now makes up about 0.19% of both ARKK and ARKW. Basically, the two funds have roughly 19% exposure to the company.
The purchase adds to Ark’s long list of tech and crypto-related holdings, which include Coinbase, Bullish, and BitMine. The move fits Wood’s long-term view that crypto trading and fintech will keep growing. Market watchers believe that it also shows her confidence in Robinhood’s expanding role in the crypto market.
Robinhood Stock Outlook and Performance
Robinhood stock ended trading on October 22 at $127.22, down 3.5% for the day.
Before markets opened, it traded at $128.85, showing a 1.28% gain. The company’s market value now stands at $113.06 billion, and its P/E ratio is 64.84. Over the past year, the Robinhood stock has moved between $23 and $153.86.
In 2025, Robinhood made several moves to grow its crypto business. In May, it bought Toronto-based WonderFi for about $180 million to enter the Canadian market. The company followed that deal in June with a $200 million purchase of Bitstamp, one of the world’s oldest crypto exchanges.
Robinhood also said it plans to launch its own Layer 2 blockchain using Arbitrum technology. The new network is expected to make trading faster and cheaper. These steps are aimed at helping the company build a stronger position in digital finance.
Market watchers believe Ark Invest’s continued buying shows trust in Robinhood’s plan to expand its business beyond stock trading. If its crypto operations perform well, the stock could see stronger results in the coming months.
Robinhood Adds BNB to Its Crypto Offerings
Robinhood has recently added Binance’s BNB token to its trading platform. The new listing allows its 27 million funded users to buy and sell the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market value.
BNB has had a strong year. It climbed from around $500 in February to a record high of more than $1,350 earlier this month. The coin now trades near $1,070, with a market cap of just under $150 billion, based on data from CoinMarketCap.
The listing came shortly after Coinbase announced plans to include BNB on its roadmap. This suggests that major U.S. exchanges are becoming more open to Binance’s ecosystem. Traders have called the rise “BNB season,” driven by large trading volumes on PancakeSwap and a wave of new BNB-based tokens.
With Ark Invest increasing its position and Robinhood expanding its crypto lineup, investors are watching to see if HOOD can recover and hold steady into the last months of 2025. Robinhood’s effort to grow beyond stock trading and strengthen its crypto arm could be key to that rebound.