{"id":38506,"date":"2025-07-24T06:46:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=38506"},"modified":"2025-07-24T06:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:46:31","slug":"cathie-woods-ark-invest-mulling-purpose-built-ethereum-investment-tools-says-analyst-after-firm-buys-180-million-stake-in-tom-lee-led-eth-treasury-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=38506","title":{"rendered":"Cathie Wood&#8217;s Ark Invest Mulling &#8216;Purpose-Built&#8217; Ethereum Investment Tools, Says Analyst After Firm Buys $180 Million Stake In Tom Lee-Led ETH Treasury Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Cathie Wood<\/strong>-led <strong>Ark Invest<\/strong> is betting on the transformative potential of smart contract Layer-1 tokens like <strong>Ethereum <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) in decentralized finance, the company\u2019s leading cryptocurrency analyst said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened<\/strong>: <strong>Lorenzo Valiente<\/strong>, Director of Research at Ark, described smart\u00a0contract Layer-1 tokens as a \u201cdistinct and transformative asset class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He specifically discussed Ethereum, highlighting some of its properties, such as its ability to secure\u00a0the on-chain economy via proof-of-stake,\u00a0enable transactions and act\u00a0as programmable collateral at the\u00a0protocol layer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven these unique properties, we&#8217;re excited to explore purpose-built investment vehicles and strategies tailored to this emerging landscape,\u201d Valiente said. Ark CEO Wood reposted his X post.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We think crypto, particularly smart contract L1 tokens, represents a distinct and transformative asset class.<br \/><br ...><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/07\/46593782\/cathie-woods-ark-invest-mulling-purpose-built-ethereum-investment-tools-says-analyst-after-\" alt=\"Cathie\" wood ark invest mulling ethereum investment tools says analyst after firm buys million stake in tom lee-led eth treasury company>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest is betting on the transformative potential of smart contract Layer-1 tokens like Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) in decentralized finance, the company\u2019s leading cryptocurrency analyst said on Wednesday. What Happened: Lorenzo Valiente, Director of Research at Ark, described smart\u00a0contract Layer-1 tokens as a \u201cdistinct and transformative asset class.\u201d He specifically discussed Ethereum, highlighting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-38506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}