Ark Invest Exploring Blockchain Integration for Its Funds, Says Cathie Wood.

Cathie Wood Sees Tokenization as the Future, Wants Ark Invest Funds On-Chain

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood is eager to bring some of the firm’s investment funds on-chain, believing tokenization will be a major force in the future of finance—if regulators allow it.

“We think tokenization is going to be massive,” Wood said during the Digital Asset Summit in New York on Tuesday. “If given the opportunity, we’d love to tokenize our Venture Fund (ARKVX) and Digital Asset Revolution Fund.”

Wood remains optimistic that the U.S. regulatory environment is shifting in a direction that could soon enable firms like Ark to move into tokenized finance. However, the lack of clear rules on security token offerings has so far prevented many financial firms from launching such products. Some industry experts predict tokenization could evolve into a multi-trillion-dollar market by 2030.

Coinbase, one of Ark Invest’s largest holdings, has also been exploring tokenization. Earlier this month, at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference, Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas revealed that the crypto exchange is in discussions with the SEC about issuing a security token. A similar attempt in 2020 fell through when Coinbase tried to go public with a tokenized product.

Meanwhile, Jesse Pollack, founder of Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 network Base, clarified on X that while tokenization is an area of interest, Coinbase has no immediate plans to tokenize its stock.

“We’re still in an exploratory phase, assessing what regulatory advancements would be needed to safely and compliantly bring assets like $COIN on-chain,” Pollack stated.

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