ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF to Split Shares 3-for-1 in Push to Reach More Retail Investors

Highlights:

• ARKB will split shares to lower the price and attract more investors.
• The ETF faces large outflows as the Bitcoin price drops but still holds 4.8 billion in assets.
• The split aims to boost retail interest while keeping the fund’s strategy and Bitcoin holdings unchanged.

ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) will carry out a 3-for-1 stock split starting June 16. 21Shares stated that this is to make shares easier for many more investors to access. According to the company, the change will make trading faster and more efficient. When a company does a 3-for-1 split, each original share becomes three shares.

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🔥JUST IN: 🇺🇸 ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF Announces 3-for-1 Share Split Effective June 16
Aimed at Increasing Investor Accessibility 📊🟧 pic.twitter.com/0oAcwLaVz7

— Watcher Oracle (@WatcherOracle) June 3, 2025

The total amount of assets an investor holds will remain unchanged. The ETF will still use the same investment approach and hold the same amount of Bitcoin after size changes. The fund will continue trading under the same ticker symbol with no impact on its net asset value.

Fund Faces Outflows Amid Bitcoin Price Drop and ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF Challenges

ARKB has faced six consecutive days of net outflows, totaling $430 million. On June 2 alone, $74 million exited the fund. This makes ARKB the worst-performing fund in terms of net flows among the 11 U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs. The wider U.S. Bitcoin ETF market has also seen a shift. Over the past three trading days, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a combined net outflow of $1.2 billion.

$ARKB has had 20% of their entire ETF holdings outflow in one week. Oooof.

Are they leaving for better returns on Treasury companies or are they going risk off?

Doesn’t seem fee related but these aren’t Bitcoin HODLers. pic.twitter.com/a7rEMgZ1c4

— TheBitcoinTrail (@IamBitcoinTrail) June 3, 2025

Glassnode data indicates that Bitcoin received more than 6,100 BTC inflows last week. This is the seventh consecutive week of inflows, showing that the market is stable despite a slowdown. ARKB still holds the position of one of the biggest funds in the market, with $4.8 billion in assets under its management. The ETF has provided a total return of 7.35% so far this year. It also ranks third in total inflows with $2.37 billion, trailing only ETFs from BlackRock and Fidelity.

ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF’s Split Highlights Strategic Push to Regain Investor Interest

The planned stock split is part of 21Shares’ strategy to increase retail investor participation. Lowering the share price will make ARKB more affordable, especially as Bitcoin recently crossed $100,000. The purpose of the split is to bring in more retail investors as well as keep institutions interested. The ETF currently holds about 45,410 Bitcoin, worth nearly $4.82 billion, according to SoSoValue data.

On June 2, the fund recorded a trading volume of $53.68 million and an outflow of roughly 700 BTC, equal to $73.9 million. The main entity responsible for managing the assets is Coinbase Custody. The fund relies on BitGo and Anchorage Digital Bank for support in monitoring counterparty risk. The ARKB Bitcoin ETF is supported by actual physical Bitcoin assets held in custody. Using the New York Variant of the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate, it gives traders direct access to Bitcoin in a controlled way.

Since U.S. authorities approved spot Bitcoin ETFs in January last year, the market has grown quickly. About $125 billion is currently managed by 11 Bitcoin ETFs listed on the market. In the past month, these funds gained $5.26 billion in net investments.

21Shares introduced the first exchange-traded product backed by actual cryptocurrency in 2018. It provides several products in the United States, including the ARKB, the ARK 21Shares Active Bitcoin Futures Strategy ETF, and the ARK 21Shares Blockchain and Digital Payments ETF which holds stocks linked to blockchain and digital finance.

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