ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) Holdings
How much Bitcoin does ARKB hold?
The Bitcoin ETF from ARK Invest and 21Shares. What ARKB holds, in dollars and in coins, and how that has changed.
Money held by ARKB
What the Bitcoin in ARKB is worth, valued at each day's closing price, since January 2024. It rises and falls with Bitcoin's price as well as with money going in or out. On days the fund did not publish its own coin count, we work the count out ourselves, so read the line as a close estimate, not an exact count.
Inspect and compare dates
Pick two dates to compare what ARKB held on each.
| Measure | Change | Relative change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Money held | $2.62B | $2.91B | +$289.55M | +11.0% |
RIGHT NOW
ARKB holds $2.91 billion in Bitcoin, about 34,488 BTC, as of Oct 2, 2026.
How much ARKB holds
As of Oct 2, 2026.
Money held
The coins valued at that day's closing price.
Bitcoin held
Real coins, held to back every share of the fund.
Share of Bitcoin fund money
Of the money in every US Bitcoin fund we follow.
Why is it bigger or smaller than a month ago?
ARKB holds $2.91 billion as of Oct 2, 2026, $290 million more than a month earlier.
About $82 million of that was new money arriving.
The rest is the price going up.
What it costs to hold ARKB
ARKB charges 0.21% a year. On $10,000 that is $21 a year.
It has traded on Cboe BZX since 11 January 2024.
Are you paying more than ARKB is worth?
ARKB trades about 0.12% above what its coins are worth, so buyers are paying a little extra.
A fund like this one holds real coins, so its shares should track what those coins are worth. They rarely match to the penny, and a small gap either way is normal.
More on ARKB
Understanding
ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB)
Where it stands today
ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) holds $2.91 billion in Bitcoin, about 34,488 BTC as of .
ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF is one of the US Bitcoin ETFs, stock-market funds that hold real Bitcoin on behalf of their shareholders. It's run by ARK Invest & 21Shares. When money comes into the fund, it buys Bitcoin; when money leaves, it sells. You buy and sell its shares through a normal brokerage account, like any stock.
This page shows what this one fund holds, in dollars and in Bitcoin, and its slice of all the money in the US Bitcoin funds. The money moving in and out of it since January 2024, what it paid for its coins, and the coins that have left it each have a page of their own.
A single fund's numbers mix two things: how people feel about Bitcoin, and how this fund competes with the other eleven on fees, brand, and where it's easiest to buy. Money can leave one fund and walk straight into a cheaper one next door without anyone actually selling Bitcoin. For the market-wide read, start from the main Bitcoin ETF page.
These funds trade on the stock market, so they're closed on weekends and holidays. The chart has a reading for each day the market was open.
The numbers
behind the chart
What does the current reading show?
Money held: the latest reading is $2.91 billion, on . The highest reading since is $6.03 billion on ; the lowest is $67 million on .
What the Bitcoin in ARKB was worth on each trading day since January 2024, the coins valued at that day's closing price.
What are the latest, highest and lowest readings?
| Measure | Latest | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Money held | $2.91 billion | $6.03 billion | $67 million |
How do the readings compare with earlier dates?
| Reference date | Money held |
|---|---|
| 1 month ago | $2.62 billion |
| 3 months ago | $2.03 billion |
| 6 months ago | $2.36 billion |
| 1 year ago | $5.41 billion |
| 2 years ago | $2.90 billion |
What was the reading at each month’s end?
| Reading date | Money held |
|---|---|
| $2.89 billion | |
| $2.68 billion | |
| $2.11 billion | |
| $1.89 billion | |
| $2.42 billion | |
| $2.83 billion | |
| $2.41 billion | |
| $2.35 billion | |
| $3.03 billion | |
| $3.31 billion | |
| $3.63 billion | |
| $4.62 billion | |
| $5.07 billion | |
| $4.66 billion | |
| $5.60 billion | |
| $5.00 billion | |
| $4.78 billion | |
| $4.59 billion | |
| $3.92 billion | |
| $4.12 billion | |
| $5.23 billion | |
| $4.34 billion | |
| $4.73 billion | |
| $3.43 billion |
Source: What ARKB holds is read once a day: its coins from the fund's own count, or our own estimate on a day it published none, valued at our own daily closing price. Reading for .