Cathie Wood's ARK Moves $1.3 Billion Venture Fund Onchain
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Cathie Wood's ARK Invest has brought its $1.3 billion venture fund, which holds stakes in private companies like SpaceX and OpenAI, onchain. The move aims to make shares in traditionally illiquid private companies more accessible through blockchain-based infrastructure.
WHY IT MATTERS
Normally, if you want to invest in a private company like SpaceX or OpenAI, you need to be very wealthy or work through exclusive investment funds with high minimums and long lock-up periods. Think of it like a members-only club where your money is stuck inside for years. Tokenization is the process of turning ownership in something — like fund shares — into digital tokens on a blockchain, similar to how a paper stock certificate might be replaced by a digital record. By moving this fund onchain, ARK is exploring whether blockchain technology can make these kinds of investments easier to manage and potentially more accessible, though regulatory restrictions still apply. This is part of a broader trend where traditional financial firms are experimenting with blockchain not just for cryptocurrencies, but for representing ownership of real-world assets.
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