Securitize Takes Cathie Wood’s ARK Venture Fund Onchain, Offering Exposure to OpenAI, Anthropic and Stripe

— Securitize is tokenizing ARK's Venture Fund, giving retail investors access to a diversified portfolio of public companies (Stripe, SpaceX) and high-profile private firms (OpenAI, Anthropic, Figure AI).

— The tokenized fund will launch on Ethereum first with plans to expand to additional blockchains; it will provide daily NAV pricing and on-chain trading liquidity.

— Tokenization of fund shares differs legally from tokenization of equity itself; derivative products like ETFs and options don't require company consent, though offshore synthetics remain unregulated.

— Education about tokenization models and regulatory distinctions must extend beyond crypto communities to corporate executives and boards.

— Securitize's roadmap does not depend on SEC exemptive relief; the company operates under existing US regulations and will adapt if relief is granted.

— The long-term vision is for blockchain and tokenization to become invisible infrastructure; users will interact with tokenized products without awareness of the underlying technology.

— Retail investors can now access previously inaccessible venture funds with curated exposure to both public tech stocks and private companies like OpenAI and Anthropic in a single diversified product.

— Daily NAV and on-chain trading for the ARK Ventures Fund token will create genuine liquidity for fund shares, unlike the underlying private equity positions themselves.