SEC clears ARK Venture Fund tokenized shares for potential secondary trading

  • SEC approved ARK Venture Fund’s Tokenized Class and Exchange Class structure.
  • Tokenized shares may trade through regulated ATSs or transfer between approved wallets.
  • The Sept. 21 order requires daily NAV disclosures and wallet KYC and AML checks.

The Securities and Exchange Commission approved amended exemptive relief for ARK Venture Fund and ARK Investment Management, allowing the fund to offer an exchange-listed class alongside a Tokenized Class whose ownership can be recorded using distributed-ledger technology. The Tokenized Class may trade through SEC-regulated alternative trading systems operated by registered broker-dealers that are FINRA members, be quoted through other permitted mediums, or transfer between approved wallets in peer-to-peer transactions. The order, effective Sept. 21, does not establish that trading has begun. It requires daily net asset value disclosures, warnings that secondary-market prices may differ from NAV, and know-your-customer and anti-money-laundering reviews for wallets holding the shares. The relief replaces a 2025 order and can extend to certain future funds advised by ARK Investment Management or qualifying affiliates under the same conditions.

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