Overview
- The firms announced Thursday that ARK Invest will issue blockchain tokens representing shares of its ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) using Securitize infrastructure with initial deployment on Ethereum.
- Token holders will receive onchain representations of fund interests and daily net asset values while the fund’s underlying holdings, such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks, remain private and not directly tradable onchain.
- Securitize will handle issuance and provide trading access on blockchain-native venues, and the offering sets a $500 minimum for eligible investors to buy tokenized fund shares.
- The launch follows the SEC’s recent five-year innovation exemption that creates a regulated pathway for pilot trading of certain tokenized securities on specialized onchain markets.
- The move triggered a market response with Securitize shares rising about 15% and fits a wider industry shift from tokenized cash and Treasury products toward equity and private-capital offerings that aim to widen access and increase liquidity.