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Cathie Wood's ARK Bets on Tokenization With a Stake in BlackRock-Backed Securitize

Cathie Wood's ARK Bets on Tokenization With a Stake in BlackRock-Backed Securitize

CointimeCointime2025/10/09 10:21
By:Cointime
  • ARK Invest has taken a stake in tokenization firm Securitize as part of its ARK Venture Fund.
  • The fund's investment in Securitize is valued at approximately $10 million, making it the eighth-largest position in the fund, per the fund's latest disclosure.
  • Tokenization of real-world assets is a fast-growing trend in finance, with the market doubling this year and projected to reach trillions this decade.

ARK Invest, the asset management firm led by CEO Cathie Wood, is leaning into the tokenization boom by taking a stake in tokenization specialist Securitize as Wall Street races to bring assets onchain.

The ARK Venture Fund ( ARKVX ), ARK's closed-end, actively managed fund that invests in public and private companies, held 3.25% of its assets in Securitize, making the firm the fund's eighth largest position following artificial intelligence (AI) companies X.AI and Anthropic, according to the fund's latest disclosure dated September 30.

Based on the fund's  $325.3 million  in net assets under management as of September 30, ARK’s stake in Securitize should be valued at roughly $10 million, according to CoinDesk's calculation.

ARK's investment comes as tokenization emerges as one of the hottest trends in crypto, bringing traditional financial instruments such as bonds, funds and stocks onto blockchain rails. Global banks and asset managers are exploring tokenization to cut settlement times, broaden investor access and keep markets open around the clock.

It's potentially a huge opportunity: the tokenized asset market has grown 112% to $33 billion year-to-date,  RWA.xyz data  shows, and  could swell  to $18.9 trillion by 2033, Ripple and BCG projected earlier this year.

"ARK Invest’s strategic investment reflects growing conviction among leading institutional investors that tokenization will fundamentally transform capital markets," Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo said on Tuesday in a statement announcing ARK's investment in his firm.

Securitize, founded in 2017, is one of the early pioneers of the tokenization space. It issued $4.6 billion in tokenized assets working with traditional finance giants such as BlackRock, Hamilton Lane and Apollo. It is also known as the issuer behind BlackRock's tokenized money market fund, the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund ( BUIDL ) that's leading the tokenized U.S. Treasury sector with $2.8 billion in assets.

The firm is also active in equity tokenization, creating on-chain shares of listed wallet provider Exodus in 2022 and  entering into an agreement  with ether  ETH$4,427.11  treasury firm FG Nexus (FGNX) to introduce its common and preferred stock to the Ethereum blockchain.

ARK's investment follows Securitize's $47 million fundraising round last year, led by BlackRock and Hamilton Lane (HLNE), with ParaFi Capital and Tradeweb Markets (TW) also participating.

UPDATE (Oct. 7, 13:00 UTC): Adds statement from official announcement.

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