Funds are buying crypto stocks. Are they exposed to less risk — or more?

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest bought roughly $77 million of crypto stocks in June, adding $44 million of Coinbase (COIN), $25.25 million of Circle (CRCL), and $8.2 million of Bullish (BLSH) during Bitcoin’s worst month in four years, according to ARK’s daily trade disclosures. The purchases extend a thesis both Wood and other funds have held through every crypto downturn: public companies offer a regulated, equity-market …