ARKVX Tokenized Fund Shares Launch on Ethereum via Securitize
Ethereum (ETH)
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Eugene Serbin
cvj.ai reports that ARK Invest and Securitize have launched a tokenized version of the $1.3 billion ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) on Ethereum. Eligible investors can now access onchain shares of the fund, which holds stakes in private companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and Databricks. Securitize handles the issuance, but the tokenization applies only to the fund shares, not the underlying private assets.
The fund remains an actively managed, closed-end interval fund with a target allocation of roughly 80% private and 20% public companies. ARKVX launched on September 23, 2022, with a net asset value near $20, rising to around $60.50 by September 23, 2026. Annual returns have varied, including 61% in 2023 and 56% in 2025, with the second quarter of 2026 seeing a 20.21% return.
Cathie Wood stated, “Tokenizing the ARK Venture Fund puts our conviction in the evolution, if not revolution, of capital markets into practice.” The structure retains quarterly repurchase windows for approximately 5% of shares and a net expense ratio of about 2.90%. This move leverages ARK Invest’s October 2025 investment in Securitize to create a new settlement layer for fund shares. The underlying portfolio assets remain offchain, meaning the tokenization changes the rails but not the fund economics.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ETH, measured when this story was written up on 25 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
ETH is trading at $2,688.05 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 50.2%, indicating a near-even split between buyers and sellers over the day. Short-term pressure shows a 1-hour buy ratio of 48.6% alongside a negative volume delta of -$1,737,343, suggesting immediate selling pressure. However, the 4-hour buy ratio is higher at 56.7% with a positive volume delta of +$21,329,524, indicating that buying interest is building over a slightly longer timeframe. The 24-hour volume delta is +$2,961,433, and cumulative volume delta (CVD) closed at +$18,451,707, reflecting net buying over the full day. This means that while short-term traders are selling, the broader daily flow remains positive. Spot volume reached $713,406,123 with over 2.7 million trades in 24 hours.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.8% sits at the 16th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.5% - weaker buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ETH, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 50.3%, making today’s 24-hour reading of 50.2% nearly identical to the weekly norm. Volume traded at 0.80x the average, indicating a quieter day than usual. The coin saw a price change of +9.8% over eight days with a total volume delta of +$153,355,685. Only 2 of the past 7 days showed net buying, suggesting this is an ordinary day within a mixed weekly trend. The current activity aligns with the broader weekly average rather than signaling a sudden shift in momentum.