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ARK Venture Fund holds $69 million OpenAI stake, the largest share among major funds

ARK's significant OpenAI stake highlights a strategic focus on AI, potentially increasing investor interest in private tech ventures. The post ARK Venture Fund holds $69 million OpenAI stake, the largest share among major funds appeared first on Crypto Briefing .

Oct 6, 2026 · byCryptoBriefing

Why people keep looking for Noah's Ark in a natural rock formation in Turkey: A scholar of early Christianity explains

A team of researchers from Sivas Cumhuriyet University in Turkey is investigating a long-standing claim: that a boat-shaped geological formation in the country's east contains the remains of Noah's Ark.

Oct 6, 2026 · byPhys.org

ARK’s Cathie Wood counters Bill Ackman’s inflation warning

The debate highlights AI's potential to reshape economic dynamics, influencing inflation trends and monetary policy effectiveness. The post ARK’s Cathie Wood counters Bill Ackman’s inflation warning appeared first on Crypto Briefing .

Oct 4, 2026 · byCryptoBriefing

Guns in the car

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas federal court ruled against Union Pacific Railroad on its argument that federal railway laws preempt an Arkansas state law allowing its citizens to keep legal firearms in their locked cars at their employer’s railway parking lots during work hours. The lawsuit “asks whether federal laws concerning the operations of railroads prevent this court from enforcing against a railroad a generally applicable gun-rights law adopted” by the state. “To cut to the chase, the answer is no.”

Oct 1, 2026 · byCourthouse News

Cathie Wood Brings $1.3 Billion Fund Holding SpaceX and OpenAI Onchain

Cathie Wood's ARK is tokenizing its venture fund holding SpaceX and OpenAI on Ethereum. Here's what investors actually get. The post Cathie Wood Brings $1.3 Billion Fund Holding SpaceX and OpenAI Onchain appeared first on BeInCrypto .

Sep 26, 2026 · byBeInCrypto

ARK partners with Securitize to put a venture fund on Ethereum, but leaves exit doors locked

The tokenized ARKVX interest still comes with a fund-wide quarterly repurchase cap and no announced secondary venue. The post ARK partners with Securitize to put a venture fund on Ethereum, but leaves exit doors locked appeared first on CryptoSlate .

Sep 26, 2026 · byCryptoSlate

ARK Brings $1.3B Venture Fund Onchain Through Securitize

ARK Invest is tokenizing its ARK Venture Fund through Securitize. The fund has roughly $1.3 billion in assets and invests across private and public technology companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks. The move tokenizes ownership and administration of the existing fund rather than creating a new crypto fund. **ID:** N25-02 **Site:** NewsBTC **Status:** READY **Author:** NewsBTC Editorial Team **Focus Keyword:** Tokenization **Image Keyword:** Tokenization **Category:** Technology **Tags:** ARK Invest, Securitize, Tokenization, ARKVX, Venture Capital **Primary Source:** https://securitize.io/learn/press-releases A Venture Fund Becomes A Tokenized Security ARKVX is an actively managed closed-end interval fund focused on disruptive innovation. Its portfolio includes exposure to companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks alongside public-market investments. Securitize will provide the tokenization infrastructure. That means fund interests can be represented and administered onchain while the underlying investment strategy remains the same. This is not ARK launching a cryptocurrency or turning the underlying private companies themselves into freely tradeable tokens. The asset being tokenized is the fund interest. That distinction matters because tokenization can change how an investment product is issued, held and transferred without changing the legal nature of the securities inside it. ARK And Securitize Are Deepening An Existing Relationship The launch follows ARK’s strategic investment in Securitize in 2025. It also arrives as large asset managers increasingly experiment with blockchain infrastructure for products that already exist in traditional finance. BlackRock’s BUIDL fund has become one of the best-known examples, while firms including Franklin Templeton and WisdomTree have also expanded tokenized-fund offerings. ARKVX pushes that trend further into venture investing. Private-market products have historically been operationally awkward compared with listed securities. Ownership records, subscriptions and transfers can involve slower and more fragmented systems. Tokenized fund interests do not automatically solve liquidity or investor-eligibility restrictions. They can, however, make the administrative rails more programmable. For ARK, this is its first fund to move onchain through Securitize. That makes the launch more significant than another blockchain experiment. A $1.3 billion venture strategy is now being used to test whether tokenization can become part of the normal infrastructure underneath mainstream investment products. *This article was written by the News Desk and edited by [Samuel Rae](https://www.newsbtc.com/author/rae-samuel/).*

Sep 25, 2026 · byNewsBTC

ARK Invest tokenizes venture fund with OpenAI exposure

ARK Invest has tokenized its ARK Venture Fund through Securitize on Ethereum, giving eligible investors a blockchain-based way to hold an interest in a portfolio that includes OpenAI and Anthropic. According to a Sep. 24 announcement from Securitize and ARK…

Sep 24, 2026 · byCrypto.news

Cathie Wood's ARK teams with Securitize to tokenize venture fund with OpenAI, Anthropic stakes

Sep 24, 2026 · byCoinDesk

SEC Clears ARK Venture Fund For Tokenized And Exchange-Traded Share Classes

TL;DR The SEC granted ARK Venture Fund amended exemptive relief covering two new share classes. The structure allows an Exchange Class and a Tokenized Class whose ownership can be recorded through distributed-ledger technology. The order permits the structure, but ARK has not announced that the new shares are already trading. ARK Venture Fund has secured an SEC order that gives it room to experiment with two very different distribution rails for the same underlying investment product. Release No. IC-36333 grants ARK Venture Fund and ARK Investment Management amended exemptive relief under the Investment Company Act, allowing the fund to create an Exchange Class and a Tokenized Class. One Fund, Two New Ways To Hold It The Exchange Class is designed for listing on a national securities exchange. The Tokenized Class goes a step further. Ownership records for those shares can be maintained using distributed-ledger technology, with trading potentially taking place through alternative trading systems. That is a meaningful distinction from simply putting a fund ticker onchain as a marketing layer. The SEC order addresses the legal structure needed for a registered fund to maintain a tokenized class alongside conventional fund interests. It also gives ARK a route to test whether blockchain-based ownership records can coexist with the transfer, custody and investor-protection requirements that already apply to registered investment companies. Permission Is Not The Same As A Launch There is an important line to keep around the announcement. The SEC has granted the exemptive order. It has not announced that ARK’s Tokenized Class is already live on an ATS, and ARK has not set an immediate commercial launch date in the material validated for this report. That makes this a regulatory infrastructure story rather than a product-launch story. Still, the order is notable because tokenized funds are increasingly moving from bespoke private-market experiments into structures designed to sit inside established securities law. ARK now has regulatory clearance to build those new share classes. The next question is when it decides to put them into actual circulation. This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.

Sep 23, 2026 · byNewsBTC

ARK Invest dumps $65 million in crypto stocks while the market rips higher

ARK's strategic sell-off may prompt short-term market volatility, influencing investor behavior and potentially impacting crypto stock valuations. The post ARK Invest dumps $65 million in crypto stocks while the market rips higher appeared first on Crypto Briefing .

Sep 15, 2026 · byCryptoBriefing

ARK Investment Management increases Meta holdings, reduces Alphabet stake

ARK's strategic shift highlights a bold bet on Meta's AI potential, challenging prevailing market views and signaling confidence in innovation. The post ARK Investment Management increases Meta holdings, reduces Alphabet stake appeared first on Crypto Briefing .

Sep 10, 2026 · byCryptoBriefing

ARK asks SEC to approve tokenized share class for $562M venture fund

ARK Investment Management has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to approve a tokenized share class for its $562 million venture fund, allowing ownership records to be maintained using distributed ledger technology. According to an application filed with the…

Sep 9, 2026 · byCrypto.news

ARK Investment Management seeks SEC approval for tokenized share class

ARK's SEC approval could revolutionize fund distribution, paving the way for broader adoption of tokenized shares in regulated markets. The post ARK Investment Management seeks SEC approval for tokenized share class appeared first on Crypto Briefing .

Sep 8, 2026 · byCryptoBriefing

ARK Asks SEC To Approve Tokenized Share Class of Venture Fund

A pending exemptive application would let ARK Venture Fund record ownership of a new share class using distributed ledger technology and trade it on registered ATS venues. Hearing requests are due Sept. 18.

Sep 8, 2026 · byThe Defiant

Cathie Wood Says Most Investors Do Not Appreciate This Critical Crypto Token

Cathie Wood says most investors miss LayerZero's role in cross-chain messaging, while ARK eyes nine-figure interop revenue. The post Cathie Wood Says Most Investors Do Not Appreciate This Critical Crypto Token appeared first on BeInCrypto .

Sep 5, 2026 · byBeInCrypto

Robinhood Chain activity is mostly ‘degen flow,’ ARK researcher says

Robinhood Chain has recorded less than 1% of its analyzed transactions through a contract clearly linked to Robinhood Wallet users, according to ARK Invest research director Lorenzo Valente. According to Lorenzo Valente’s analysis, contract-level data indicates that most trading on…

Sep 5, 2026 · byCrypto.news

Ethereum versus Solana: Which L1 captures more value?

ARK researcher Lorenzo Valente compared Ethereum, Solana and Hyperliquid with three restaurant models to assess their value capture.

Sep 3, 2026 · byCrypto.news

Bitcoin leads Ethereum and Solana in decentralization, ARK finds

ARK Invest and Glassnode found Bitcoin and Ethereum reach critical production thresholds with three entities, versus 19 for Solana.

Sep 2, 2026 · byCrypto.news

Ark Invest buys $37 million worth of shares in Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc

Last month, Ark had purchased a bulk of Block shares after its second-quarter results that raised its full-year profit forecast to $12.5 billion

Sep 1, 2026 · byThe Block

After Buying Circle Through a 42% Drop, Cathie Wood Says Analysts Cannot Fathom It

Cathie Wood kept buying Circle through a 42% drop and says analysts cannot fathom it. ARK holds $329 million. The post After Buying Circle Through a 42% Drop, Cathie Wood Says Analysts Cannot Fathom It appeared first on BeInCrypto .

Aug 23, 2026 · byBeInCrypto

ARK’s Valente Sees RWA Trading Reshaping DeFi Platform Economics

ARK Invest’s Lorenzo Valente sees specialized RWA markets redistributing power across DeFi, which could give customer-facing applications greater control over liquidity and revenue. That evolution could reshape fee allocation without triggering a broad migration toward app-specific chains. Specialized RWA Venues Could Reshape Onchain Liquidity Real-world asset (RWA) growth is changing how trading venues compete for […]

Aug 20, 2026 · byBitcoin.com News

ARK Invest sells $2M in AMD, buys $8M in Cerebras shares

ARK's strategic shift towards Cerebras highlights a growing confidence in AI chip innovation, potentially reshaping semiconductor investment trends. The post ARK Invest sells $2M in AMD, buys $8M in Cerebras shares appeared first on Crypto Briefing .

Aug 19, 2026 · byCryptoBriefing

Slowing ETF demand and corporate treasury selling are breaking the math behind Wall Street’s $16 trillion Bitcoin target

ARK's scenario now requires 78.6% annual growth, with institutional allocation and digital gold supplying 92.8% of modeled value. The post Slowing ETF demand and corporate treasury selling are breaking the math behind Wall Street’s $16 trillion Bitcoin target appeared first on CryptoSlate .

Aug 16, 2026 · byCryptoSlate