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ARKB Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF

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+1.0% · 1 day, price
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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ARKB lost 28.4%, against −28.3% for bitcoin.

Why did ARKB return −28.4% against Bitcoin’s −28.3%?How closely does ARKB track Bitcoin?What does ARKB cost to hold and to trade?
A spot Bitcoin trust. It holds the coin and trades like a share.Ark ↗Expense ratio 0.21%Fund assets $1.9bn on Jun 30, 2026First traded Jan 11, 2024Benchmark BitcoinSEC filings ↗Every Ark fund ETFIQ covers

Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Oct 28, 2026, ARKB returned −28.4% against −28.3% for Bitcoin. Before its 0.21% fee, it finished 0.03 points ahead of Bitcoin.

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ARKB risk and return scorecard

vs Bitcoin

Not measured: no price history kept for ARKB.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data

What you earned

ARKB −2.2%, Bitcoin −2.2%: total return over one month to Oct 28, 2026.
ARKB−2.2%
Bitcoin−2.2%
ARKB +28.3%, Bitcoin +28.3%: total return over three months to Oct 28, 2026.
ARKB+28.3%
Bitcoin+28.3%
ARKB +7.9%, Bitcoin +7.9%: total return over six months to Oct 28, 2026.
ARKB+7.9%
Bitcoin+7.9%
ARKB −7.0%, Bitcoin −6.9%: total return over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
ARKB−7.0%
Bitcoin−6.9%
ARKB −28.4%, Bitcoin −28.3%: total return over one year to Oct 28, 2026.
ARKB−28.4%
Bitcoin−28.3%
ARKB +73.4%, Bitcoin +76.1%: total return since launch to Oct 28, 2026.
ARKB+73.4%
Bitcoin+76.1%
askIQ: why did ARKB return −28.4% against Bitcoin’s −28.3%? ↗

Did it track the coin?

Spot Bitcoin
−28.4%
Total return, 1 year
Report
−28.3%
Bitcoin over the same days
Report
−0.1 pts
Difference against Bitcoin, in percentage points
Report
702
Days it has traded
Report
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Price, 1 year

$27.02+1.0%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026

Price only. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Last checked Oct 28, 2026. Report a data error

ARKB returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal returnBitcoinDifference, percentage points
1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026−2.2%−2.2%0.0 pts
3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026+28.3%+28.3%0.0 pts
6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026+7.9%+7.9%0.0 pts
YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026−7.0%−6.9%−0.1 pts
1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026−28.4%−28.3%−0.1 pts
Since launch Jan 11, 2024 – Oct 28, 2026+73.4%+76.1%−1.6% of its growth
Since launch, annualised Jan 11, 2024 – Oct 28, 2026+21.7%––

Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Jan 2024: no 3 years windows.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.

Where every fund in this set sits

How much of what holding the coin gave did a holder of the fund keep?

Share of the coin's growth it kept
LTCN 89.0%GBTC 98.6%ETHE 99.1%HBR 99.1%LTCC 99.1%ETHA 99.6%ETHV 99.6%QETH 99.6%BRRR 99.7%, and 10 more at this point: BTCO 99.7%, BTCW 99.7%, EZBC 99.7%, FBTC 99.7%, FETH 99.7%, BITB 99.8%, EZET 99.8%, IBIT 99.8%, BTC 99.9%, ETHW 99.9%HODL 100.0%TETH 100.5%ETH 101.7%OBTC 105.0%BSOL 105.9%GXLM 152.3%ARKB 99.8%ARKB 99.8%89.0%152.3%
89.0% to 152.3% across 26

That is the share of the 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year sitting at or below ARKB.

Share of the coin's own price growth a holder kept; funds on different coins are ranked together. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.

67.3
IQ Crypto ScoreETFIQ Coin Capture Score9th of 26 · Oct 28, 2026
1.9 · lowest of 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year98.1 · highest

How much of its coin's move it captured, after costs, ranked against 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year. 100 is best. How it is computed

ARKB kept 99.8% of what holding Bitcoin gave over the same days.

share of the coin's growth it kept99.8% · 67th pct
All 26 ranked by this score →

ARKB key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$36.73 on Oct 29, 2025
52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$19.46 on Jun 30, 2026
Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$27.02, 44% of the way from the low to the high
Beta to its benchmark, 1 year (ETFIQ)1.00, against bitcoin
R-squared, the same days (ETFIQ)1.00
Beta and R-squared measured over251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Trading

as of Oct 28, 2026
Trading · ARKBas of Oct 28, 2026
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Not scored0 of 6 measured · Oct 28, 2026
0 · Hard to tradeIQ Liquidity Score100 · Trades like a giant
Cost for your order · one way, half its 30-day median spread
How to tradeSpread not read.
Full trading page: components, premium history, dealers →

About ARKB

SponsorArk
HoldsBitcoinReport
Sponsor’s fee (10-Q)0.21%
Fee waiverthe whole fee. The filing gives no end date.
Net assets (10-Q balance sheet, as of Jun 30, 2026)$1.9bnReport
Stakingthe chain has none, so no fund holding it can pay a staking yield
First tradedJan 11, 2024
Days traded702
Days it closed unchanged3
Quotedon an exchange, every trading day
Price$27.02
Against Bitcoin, same days0.1% behind
Reports to the SEC on10-K, not N-PORT
How we measure
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, Bitcoin moved −28.3% and ARKB returned −28.4%. That leaves it 0.13 of a percentage point behind. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks, and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all of it together. It is the only number on this page the sponsor does not publish itself. ARKB charges 0.21% a year and finished 0.1% behind Bitcoin, so the fee is almost the whole of the difference. A spot trust is not a registered investment company. It files a 10-K rather than an N-PORT, and its holding is one line: the Bitcoin it custodies.
Fund closes and coin closes from Tiingo, read at the same two dates. ETFIQ calculation. Method
IQ Investment Committee on ARKB

12 seats on ARKB, as of Oct 28, 2026: 1 Supports, 1 Mixed, 3 Challenges, 6 Not enough data, 1 Does not apply.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostChallenges
In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyNot enough data
In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityNot enough data
In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceNot enough data
In the tradition ofJohn TempletonTempleton-style Global ContrarianDoes not apply
In the tradition ofRay DalioDalio-style All-WeatherNot enough data
In the tradition ofHoward MarksMarks-style Cycles & RiskNot enough data
In the tradition ofStanley DruckenmillerDruckenmiller-style Macro & LiquidityChallenges
In the tradition ofDavid SwensenSwensen-style DiversificationChallenges
In the tradition ofCathie WoodWood-style Disruptive InnovationNot enough data
In the tradition ofJesse LivermoreLivermore-style Trend FollowingMixed
Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatSupports
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Questions people ask about ARKB

Does ARKB track Bitcoin?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −28.4% against Bitcoin’s −28.3%, which leaves it 0.13 of a percentage point behind. That difference carries the fee, the custody cost and the market’s pricing of the shares, and ETFIQ computes it from the fund’s own closes and the coin’s own closes over the same two dates.
Does ARKB stake?
Bitcoin is a proof of work chain, so there is nothing to stake and no fund holding it can pay a staking yield.
What is ARKB?
Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF, a spot Bitcoin trust sponsored by Ark, first traded Jan 11, 2024. It holds the coin through a custodian rather than futures on it or shares in companies that own it.
Sources and dates
Prices, ARKB and BitcoinPrices, Tiingo end of day ↗
Fee, 0.21%Sponsor’s fee, read from the 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2026 ↗
Net assets, $1.9bnSEC 10-Q balance sheet · Jun 30, 2026
All fund filingsFilings on SEC EDGAR ↗
IssuerArk website ↗
Sponsor’s fee, read from the 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2026 ↗

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Tracking difference
The fund’s total return minus the coin’s over exactly the same days, in percentage points. The fee, the custody cost, the creation and redemption friction and whatever the market paid for the shares, all of it, in one number.
Spot
The fund holds the coin itself, through a custodian, rather than futures on it or shares in companies that own it. Only spot funds are in this category; the others are measured where they belong.
Sponsor
Who runs the fund. Most spot crypto ETFs are 1933 Act trusts rather than registered investment companies, so they have a sponsor rather than an adviser, and file a 10-K rather than an N-PORT.
Thinly quoted
A fund whose price sat unchanged on more than one trading day in twenty. Its quoted return is what somebody paid on the days anyone traded, which is not the same thing as what the fund did, so ETFIQ shows it and does not rank it against funds that trade.
Staking
Only proof of stake coins can be staked, so it exists for ether and Solana funds and cannot exist for a bitcoin one. Where a fund stakes, the yield and the sponsor’s share of it are terms in its own filings.
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ARKB: ARKB over 1 year: fund −28.42%, Bitcoin −28.30%, 0.13 pts behind Bitcoin. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
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